Behold the Man: Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity. By Colleen M. Conway
This well-structured, engagingly written work examines how the various New Testament portrayals of Jesus reflect the different ways in which masculinity was understood and constructed in the ancient world. Paul (and the Deutero-Paulines), Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and the Book of Revelation all rec...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 648-650 |
| Review of: | Behold the man (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008) (Marsh, Clive)
Behold the man (Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008) (Marsh, Clive) |
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| Summary: | This well-structured, engagingly written work examines how the various New Testament portrayals of Jesus reflect the different ways in which masculinity was understood and constructed in the ancient world. Paul (and the Deutero-Paulines), Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and the Book of Revelation all receive chapter-length scrutiny, and the book is rounded off with a short (ten-page) conclusion. Prior to all of this, after a short scene-setting introduction, two chapters look at key emphases and texts from Greco-Roman literature. These chapters clarify the extent to which gender categorization was not solely to do with maleness or femaleness, and thus not linked merely to the body. ‘It was not enough to be clear that one was a man rather than a woman. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flp106 |