Divine Masculinity in the Book of Samuel by Barbara Thiede
Barbara Thiede presents an exploration of Yhwh as a complex character who models biblical masculinity by forming intimate relationships with his people Israel in the service of establishing his power and authority. Divine Masculinity in the Books of Samuel reveals that the Israelite deity’s relationships with Israel, the prophet Samuel, King Saul, and King David feature a wide-ranging emotional palette. Yhwh’s intense bonds with his men produce shifting and unstable male alliances and networks, which are homoerotic and often triangular. As Israel’s über-man, his character demonstrates that biblical masculinity is assertive, forceful, jealous, vulnerable, and controlling.
Thiede illustrates how emotion is made to serve divine agenda and divine might is established and maintained through emotions and emotional display in the Books of Samuel. Yhwh is womanless, but the men he chooses to serve him may be brought to the height of ecstasy, emotionally abused, and sexually humiliated. The book demonstrates that Yhwh’s emotional and sexual life revolves around his relationships with other male characters, exposing the uncompromising hegemonic masculinity that undergirds the biblical world.
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The Animalising Affliction of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4
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From Law to Prophecy
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Was Noah Good?
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Poets, Prophets, and Texts in Play
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Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Texts
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The Making of the Pentateuch
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The Faces of David
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Pivot Patterns in the Former Prophets
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Culture, Entertainment, and the Bible
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Isaiah 34-35
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The Origins of Biblical Israel
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Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible
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The Rise and Fall of the Monarchy in the Book of Chronicles
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Identity and the Hebrew Bible: Self-Definition and the Other
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Archaeology, History and Heritage of the Southern Levant
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Allusion and Meaning in Judges and Ruth
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Jephthah’s Daughter in the Bible and Reception
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Adoption in the Hebrew Bible
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Ancient Near Eastern Iconography and the Bible
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Woe-Speeches within the Context of an Oracular Inquiry
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The Figure of the Widow in the Hebrew Bible
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Introducing a Hermeneutics of Cispicion
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Envisioning Writing
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On Femininities in the Song of Songs and Beyond
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Ethical God-Talk in the Book of Job
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Inner Biblical Allusion in the Poetry of Wisdom and Psalms
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The Sin of the Calf
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Body, Gender and Purity in Leviticus 12 and 15
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Pre-Exilic Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and Archaeology
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Reading Ecclesiastes Intertextually
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Open-Mindedness in the Bible and Beyond
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On Her Account
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Concerning the Nations
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Still Selling the Righteous
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Religion in Ancient Israel
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History in Disguise
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Violence against Women and Children in the Hebrew Bible
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Tracing the Ritual Body
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Graded Holiness
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Jerusalem as Contested Space in Ezekiel
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Crossing the Jordan
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Leshon Limmudim
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By the Irrigation Canals of Babylon
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The Performative Dimensions of Rhetorical Questions in the Hebrew Bible
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Exploring the Narrative
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God's Holy People
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Judahite Burial Practices and Beliefs about the Dead
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The History of Israel's Traditions
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780567709585 |
| ISBN 10 | 0567709582 |
| Title | Divine Masculinity in the Book of Samuel |
| Author | Barbara Thiede |
| Series | The Library Of Hebrew Bible Old Testament Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | T&T Clark (UK) |
| Year published | 2025-12-11 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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