TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flessen,Bonnie J.
TI  - An exemplary man: Cornelius and characterization in Acts 10 
SN  - 9781630876029
AV  - BS2625.52 .F54 2011eb
U1  - 226.606 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Eugene, Or.
PB  - Pickwick Publications
KW  - Cornelius,
KW  - Bible
KW  - Acts, X
KW  - Criticism, Narrative
KW  - Acts, X - Criticism, Narrative
KW  - Bibel
KW  - Apostelgeschichte
KW  - 10
KW  - gnd
KW  - New Testament
KW  - Actes
KW  - Analyse du discours narratif
KW  - ram
KW  - Masculinity in the Bible
KW  - Men in the Bible
KW  - Cornelius, the centurion
KW  - Männlichkeit
KW  - Typologische Exegese
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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; Introduction -- Method and hermeneutic -- Scholarly perspectives on masculinity -- Cornelius and the virtue of piety -- Cornelius the Centurion: masculinity and empire -- Conclusion
N2  - 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
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