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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Biblical StudiesTable of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Yhwh and ‘am Yisrael (His Men and His Woman)
- Chapter 3 Yhwh and Samuel: The Clone Connection
- Chapter 4 Yhwh and Saul: His Body Is Not His Own
- Chapter 5 Yhwh and David: A Biblical Bromance
- Chapter 6 Conclusion: How Yhwh Acts the Man
- References
- Subject Index
- Index of Biblical Citations
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