Jesus and Greco-Roman masculinity Conway, Colleen M. creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2008 monographic eng 1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) In this book, Colleen Conway looks at the construction of masculinity in New Testament depictions of Jesus. She argues that the New Testament writers necessarily engaged the predominant gender ideology of the Roman Empire, whether consciously or unconsciously. Although the notion of what constituted ideal masculinity in Greek and Roman cultures certainly pre-dated the Roman Empire, the emergence of the Principate concentrated this gender ideology on the figure of the emperor. Indeed, critical to the success of the empire was the portrayal of the emperor as the ideal man and the Roman citizen a. Introduction: Jesus and gender -- How to be a man in the Greco-Roman world -- Constructing the lives of divine men : Divus Augustus, Philo's Moses, and Philostratus's Apollonius -- The unmanned Christ and the manly Christian in the Pauline tradition -- The Markan Jesus as manly martyr? -- The Matthean Jesus : mainstream and marginal masculinities -- The Lukan Jesus and the imperial elite -- "He must increase" : the divine masculinity of the Johannine Jesus -- Ruling the nations with a rod of iron : masculinity and violence in the book of Revelation -- Conclusion: The multiple masculinities of Jesus. Colleen M. Conway. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and indexes. Criticism, interpretation, etc Jesus Christ Person and offices van Nazareth Jezus 4 v.Chr.-29 n.Chr Men in the Bible Masculinity Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Early church, ca. 30-600 Men (Christian theology) RELIGION Biblical Studies New Testament Sekseverschillen Mannelijkheid Griekse oudheid Romeinse oudheid BS2545.M39 C66 2008eb 225.8/30531 11.47 Conway, Colleen M. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2007035820 (OCoLC)169873484 9780198043607 0198043600 9780310336051 0310336058 9786611342418 6611342419 95533339-2EAA-41F5-9D4F-7A1EF4315328 OverDrive, Inc. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=223856 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=223856 N$T 080609 20200709055149.0 ocn231374982 eng