Making men : the male coming-of-age theme in the Hebrew Bible / Stephen M. Wilson.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: xv, 250 pages ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780190222826 (alk. paper)
- 9780190222833 (ebook)
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | BSOP Library | GC | BS1199 W69 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00049528 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book identifies seven narratives of male maturation in the Hebrew Bible, and shows how this theme is employed by biblical redactors and narrators to highlight transitions in the historical prose of the Hebrew Bible. It also considers how these stories provide insight into the varying representations of biblical masculinity"--