TY - GEN N2 - The bodies of a people encode and continually retell the story of their families, cities and nations. In the Hebrew Bible, the bodies of notable heroic figures - warriors, kings and cultural founders - not only communicate values on an individual level but they also bear meaning for the fate of the nation. This text examines the Hebrew Bible and its treatment of heroic and body themes. AB - The bodies of a people encode and continually retell the story of their families, cities and nations. In the Hebrew Bible, the bodies of notable heroic figures - warriors, kings and cultural founders - not only communicate values on an individual level but they also bear meaning for the fate of the nation. This text examines the Hebrew Bible and its treatment of heroic and body themes. T1 - Heroic bodies in ancient Israel / AU - Doak, Brian R., CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BS574.5 N1 - Previously issued in print: 2019. N1 - Includes index. ID - 867457 KW - Men in the Bible. KW - Human body in the Bible. SN - 9780190650902 TI - Heroic bodies in ancient Israel / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190650872.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190650872.001.0001 ER -