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Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch : Strategies of Ambiguity in Acts /

Were eunuchs more usually castrated guardians of the harem, as florid Orientalist portraits imagine them, or were they trusted court officials who may never have been castrated? Was the Ethiopian eunuch a Jew or a Gentile, a slave or a free man? Why does Luke call him a "man" while contemp...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burke, Sean D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2013]
Colección:Emerging scholars.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- The meaning of eunuch -- Queer theory -- Ancient masculinities -- Eunuchs -- Queering Acts -- Conclusions. 
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