Graybill, Rhiannon, 1984-

Are we not men? : unstable masculinity in the Hebrew prophets / Rhiannon Graybill. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The materiality of Moses: the prophet's body in trouble -- The horror of Hosea: female bodies and masculine anxieties in Hosea 1-3 -- The hysteria of Jeremiah: gender and voice in the confessions -- The unmanning of Ezekiel: the prophet's body voluptuous and shattered in Ezekiel 1-5 -- The queer prophetic body -- Final reflections -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index for Biblical references.

'Are We Not Men?' offers an innovative approach to gender and embodiment in the Hebrew Bible. Graybill argues that the male body is a source of difficulty for the Hebrew prophets. This very instability of prophetic masculinity makes possible new understandings of biblical masculinity, as the prophetic body is revealed as a queer body.

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Bible.--Prophets.
Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Men (Christian theology)--Biblical teaching.

BS1199.M34 / G73 2016

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