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Unmanly men : refigurations of masculinity in Luke-Acts / Brittany E. Wilson.

Wilson, Brittany E.
2015
226.40830531 W746u 2015
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Title
Unmanly men : refigurations of masculinity in Luke-Acts / Brittany E. Wilson.
Author
Wilson, Brittany E.
ISBN
9780199325009 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
0199325006 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Language
English
Description
xiii, 341 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
226.40830531 W746u 2015
System Control No.
(OCoLC)892895475
(OCoLC)892895475
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-301) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : Why study men in Luke-Acts?
Part I : Preliminary sketches : masculinity in Luke-Acts and the Greco-Roman world
Masculinity in Luke-Acts
Masculinity in the Greco-Roman world
Part II : Portraits of unmanly men : minor male characters in Luke-Acts
Preparing the way : Zechariah as a silenced soon-to-be-father (Luke I)
Propagating the gospel : the Ethiopian eunuch as an impotent power (Acts 8)
Part III : Snapshots of unmanly men : central male characters in Luke-Acts
An out-of-control convert : Paul on the way to Damascus (Acts 9)
A crucified Lord : Jesus on the way to the cross (Luke 22-23)
Conclusion : God, men, and power in Luke-Acts.
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