New Testament Masculinities (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies)

This collection considers themes of Christology, patriarchy, violence, colonialism, family structures, and sexual practices as it explores the construction and performance of masculinity in the New Testament and related early Christian texts. Examining the Gospels, Romans, the Pastorals, Revelation, and the Shepherd of Hermas, it situates diverse masculinities within a Greco-Roman matrix and introduces biblical scholarship to a rich vein of classical scholarship on gender. The contributors include Janice Capel Anderson, David J. A. Clines, Colleen M. Conway, Mary Rose D'Angelo, Page duBois, Chris Frilingos, Jennifer A. Glancy, Maud W. Gleason, Stephen D. Moore, Jerome H. Neyrey, Seong Hee Kim, Jeffrey L. Staley, Diana M. Swancutt, Tat-siong Benny Liew and Eric Thurman. O Man, Who Art Thou ...? : Masculinity Studies And New Testament Studies / Stephen D. Moore -- Masculinity Studies : A Classified Bibliography / Janice Capel Anderson, With The Assistance Of Stephen D. Moore And Seong Hee Kim -- Jesus, Gender, And The Gospel Of Matthew / Jerome H. Neyrey -- Matthew And Masculinity / Janice Capel Anderson And Stephen D. Moore -- Mark And Masculinity : Jesus, The Son Of Man, And The (sad) Sum Of Manhood? / Tat-siong Benny Liew -- Looking For A Few Good Men : Mark And Masculinity / Eric Thurman -- Behold The Man! : Masculine Christology And The Fourth Gospel / Colleen M. Conway -- Paul, The Invisible Man / David J.a. Clines -- The Disease Of Effemination : The Charge Of Effeminacy And The Verdict Of God (romans 1:18-2:16) / Diana M. Swancutt. Protocols Of Masculinity In The Pastoral Epistles / Jennifer A. Glancy -- Knowing How To Preside Over His Own Household : Imperial Masculinity And Christian Asceticism In The Pastorals, Hermas, And Luke-acts / Mary Rose D'angelo -- Sexing The Lamb / Chris Frilingos -- Ancient Masculinities / Page Dubois -- By Whose Gender Standards (if Anybody's) Was Jesus A Real Man? / Maud W. Gleason -- Manhood And New Testament Studies After September 11 / Jeffrey L. Staley. Edited By Stephen D. Moore And Janice Capel Anderson. Includes Bibliographical References. This collection considers themes of Christology, patriarchy, violence, colonialism, family structures, and sexual practices as it explores the construction and performance of masculinity in the New Testament and related early Christian texts. Examining the Gospels, Romans, the Pastorals, Revelation, and the "Shepherd of Hermas," it situates diverse masculinities within a Greco-Roman matrix and introduces biblical scholarship to a rich vein of classical scholarship on gender. -- Amazon.com It is an axiom of contemporary scholarship that gender is a social construct (Brod; Kramer; Lorber and Farrell; Ortner and Whitehead). Edited By Stephen D. Moore And Janice Capel Anderson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 337-365).