Behold the man : Jesus and Greco-Roman masculinity /
In this book, Colleen Conway looks at the construction of masculinity in New Testament depictions of Jesus. She argues that the New Testament writers necessarily engaged the predominant gender ideology of the Roman Empire, whether consciously or unconsciously. Although the notion of what constituted...
| Основен автор: | Conway, Colleen M. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=223856 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Behold the man. |
| Резюме: |
In this book, Colleen Conway looks at the construction of masculinity in New Testament depictions of Jesus. She argues that the New Testament writers necessarily engaged the predominant gender ideology of the Roman Empire, whether consciously or unconsciously. Although the notion of what constituted ideal masculinity in Greek and Roman cultures certainly pre-dated the Roman Empire, the emergence of the Principate concentrated this gender ideology on the figure of the emperor. Indeed, critical to the success of the empire was the portrayal of the emperor as the ideal man and the Roman citizen a. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780198043607 0198043600 9780310336051 0310336058 |