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Rewriting Masculinity - Gideon, Men, and Might (Hardcover)
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Rewriting Masculinity - Gideon, Men, and Might (Hardcover)
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Described variously as divinely appointed mighty warrior, fearful
son, hesitant solider, clever tactician, commanding father,
ruthless killer, idolater, and illegitimate king, the character of
Gideon from the biblical book of Judges has long challenged
readers. How did so many conflicting portraits of Gideon the man
become inscribed in our biblical text? What might these different
portraits tell us about the authors and editors of Gideon's story,
especially in how they expected men to act? And how have
interpreters rewritten the story of Gideon in order to create their
own expectations for how to act-or not-as a man? By interweaving
redaction criticism, reception history, and masculinity studies,
Rewriting Masculinity explores how Gideon went from being
understood as a mighty warrior to a weakling, from a successful
leader to a man who led Israel astray. Kelly J. Murphy first
considers the ways that older traditions about Gideon were
rewritten at key moments in ancient Israel's history, sometimes so
that the story of Gideon might better align with new ideas about
what it meant to be a man. At other times, she shows, the story of
Gideon was used to explain why older standards of masculinity no
longer worked in new contexts. From here, Murphy traces how later
generations of interpreters, from the ancient to the contemporary,
continually rewrote Gideon in light of their own models for men,
might, and masculinity. Rewriting Masculinity is an in-depth case
study of how a biblical text was continuously updated. Emphasizing
the importance of reading biblical stories and expansions alongside
the later reception history of the narrative, Murphy shows that the
story of Gideon the mighty warrior is, in many ways, the story of
masculinity in miniature: an ever-changing, always-in-crisis, and
constantly-transforming ideal.
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