Making men [electronic resource] : the male coming-of-age theme in the Hebrew Bible / Stephen Wilson.
Wilson, Stephen, author.
2015
BS1199.M34 W55 2015eb
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Title Making men [electronic resource] : the male coming-of-age theme in the Hebrew Bible / Stephen Wilson.
Author Wilson, Stephen, author.
ISBN 9780190222840 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190222826
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Copyright ©2015
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 250 pages)
Item Number 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190222826 doi
Call Number BS1199.M34 W55 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 221.830531
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 16, 2015).
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Introduction: Masculinity studies, rites of passage, and the absence of an extended treatment of male coming of age in biblical scholarship
The defining characteristics of manhood in the Hebrew Bible
The depiction of boyhood in the Hebrew Bible
Moses and Samuel: case studies of pre-monarchic maturation
David and Solomon: case studies of royal maturation
Failing to come of age in the Hebrew Bible
Conclusion
Appendix: Are there other stories of biblical male maturation?

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