154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
154 Pages
by
Routledge
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Offering a reading of the intermarriage debate and expulsion of the foreign women in Ezra 9-10, this book engages with the production and performance of masculinities in this biblical text, shifting the focus away from the 'foreign women' to the men who are the primary actors in this work.
This approach addresses the diversity of masculinities and the ways in which they are implicated in the... Read more
1 Introduction: The problem with the foreign women in Ezra 9-10; 2 What masculinities do to help; 3 Gendering otherness in Ezra 9-10; 4 Mourning and masculinity; 5 The masculinization of Yhwh; 6 Intermarriage, foreign women and masculinities; 7 Conclusion: Masculinities matter.
Biography
Elisabeth M. Cook is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Biblical Interpretation at the Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana in San José, Costa Rica where she has held the position of Rector since 2017.
