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Thou Art the Man : The Masculinity of David in the Christian and Jewish Middle Ages /

"How do we approach the study of masculinity in the past?" Ruth Mazo Karras asks. Medieval documents that have come down to us tell a great deal about the things that men did, but not enough about what they did specifically as men, or what these practices meant to them in terms of masculin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karras, Ruth Mazo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Colección:The Middle Ages Series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. David His Tens of Thousands: Prowess and Piety
  • Chapter 2. Surpassing the Love of Women: Love, Friendship, Loyalty Between Men
  • Chapter 3. I Have Sinned Against the Lord: Sex and Penitenc
  • Chapter 4. With Sacred Music upon the Harp: Creativity and Ecstasy
  • Chapter 5. O My Son Absalom: Establishing a Dynasty
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index