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Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible: Malignant Fraternities book cover

1st Edition

Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible Malignant Fraternities

By Barbara Thiede Copyright 2021
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge
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Male alliances, partnerships, and friendships are fundamental to the Hebrew Bible. This book offers a detailed and explicit exploration of the ways in which shared sexual use of women and women’s bodies engenders, sustains, and nourishes such relationships in the Hebrew Bible. Hebrew Bible narratives demonstrate that women and women’s bodies are not merely used to foster and cultivate male... Read more

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Honesty, Transparency, and Sight: Some Introduction…

Chapter 1

Genesis 38: "Lest We Become a Laughingstock"

Chapter 2

David, Jonathan, and Saul: Being Good at Being a Man

Chapter 3

2 Samuel 13: Rape in the Royal House

Chapter 4

Genesis 12, 20, and 26: Bromance in Bible

Chapter 5

Judges 19-21: The Warrior God and His Levite Soldier

Chapter 6

Judges 4 & 5: Always Mothers, Never Friends

Conclusion

Toxic for Women: Conclusions on Biblical Hegemonic Masculinity

Index

Biography

Barbara Thiede is Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. An ordained rabbi, she is also a member of the VAAD, the academic council for the ALEPH Ordination Program, where she teaches Hebrew Bible and Jewish history.

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