Signs of virginity : testing virgins and making men in late antiquity / Michael Rosenberg.
2018
BM645.V57 R67 2018
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Title
Signs of virginity : testing virgins and making men in late antiquity / Michael Rosenberg.
ISBN
9780190845926 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
BM645.V57 R67 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
296.74
Summary
'Signs of Virginity' examines virginity testing in Judaism and early Christianity, and the relationship of these tests to male sexual violence. Rosenberg points to two authors - Augustine of Hippo and the rabbinic collective that produced the Babylonian Talmud - who construct alternative models that, if taken seriously, would utterly reverse cultural ideals of masculinity, encouraging men to be gentle, rather than brutal, in their sexual behaviour.
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'Signs of Virginity' examines virginity testing in Judaism and early Christianity, and the relationship of these tests to male sexual violence. Rosenberg points to two authors - Augustine of Hippo and the rabbinic collective that produced the Babylonian Talmud - who construct alternative models that, if taken seriously, would utterly reverse cultural ideals of masculinity, encouraging men to be gentle, rather than brutal, in their sexual behaviour.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 8, 2017).
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Print version: 9780190845896
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