An Cornelius and characterization in Acts 10 Flessen, Bonnie J. creator text bibliography Electronic books. oru 2011 monographic eng 1 online resource (ix, 195 pages) While most scholars focus on the character of Cornelius as a model Gentile, Bonnie Flessen argues that Cornelius is also a model male figure for Luke's audience. When analyzed closely, the characterization of Cornelius reveals a multifaceted rhetorical strategy regarding both gender and empire. This strategy lifts up a rather surprising portrait of an exemplary man who represents the Roman Empire and yet nevertheless manifests the virtues of submission, piety, and generosity. Flessen also proposes a hermeneutic of masculinity as a means to exegete Acts and other New Testament texts. This critical lens provides interpreters with a way of thinking about gender when female characters are absent or sparse. Although constructs of gender are embedded in texts, interpreters can use recent scholarship on masculinity along with extra biblical evidence as tools to excavate the contours of the male figure in antiquity. Introduction -- Method and hermeneutic -- Scholarly perspectives on masculinity -- Cornelius and the virtue of piety -- Cornelius the Centurion: masculinity and empire -- Conclusion. Bonnie J. Flessen. Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 2010, under title An exemplary man : masculinity and the characterization of Cornelius in Acts 10. Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and indexes. the centurion Cornelius Criticism, Narrative Analyse du discours narratif Masculinity in the Bible Men in the Bible Men in the Bible Masculinity in the Bible Cornelius, the centurion Männlichkeit Typologische Exegese RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament BS2625.52 .F54 2011eb 226.606 Flessen, Bonnie J. Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, ©2011 (DLC) 2011275224 (OCoLC)756608665 9781630876029 163087602X http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=906734 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=906734 N$T 170821 20200709060300.0 on1001434776 eng