{"product_id":"male-friendship-homosociality-and-women-in-the-hebrew-bible-malignant-fraternities","title":"Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible: Malignant Fraternities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Hebrew Bible explores male alliances, partnerships, and friendships through the sexual use of women and womens bodies, arguing that these relationships are part of a competition for power, rank, and honor. It also examines whether female characters use male bodies to form friendships and alliances to advance female power, status, and rank. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 178 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 02 July 2021\u003cbr\u003e\n                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\n                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMale alliances, partnerships, and friendships are essential to the Hebrew Bible. This comprehensive exploration delves into the intricate ways in which shared sexual use of women and their bodies fosters, sustains, and nourishes these relationships throughout the Hebrew Bible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHebrew Bible narratives reveal that women and their bodies are not merely instrumental in fostering and cultivating male homosociality, friendship, and toxic hegemonic masculinity. Rather, they actively contribute to the genesis and perpetuation of these relationships. Thiede argues that homosocial bonds between divine and mortal males are part of an ongoing competition for power, rank, and honor, which relies on the exploitation of womens bodies to express itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a final chapter, the book explores whether female characters in the Hebrew Bible utilize male bodies to form friendships and alliances to advance their power, status, and rank. The book concludes by asserting that women are indispensable to the toxic biblical hegemonic masculinity prevalent in the Hebrew Bible, solely because their bodies enable its existence in the first place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is designed for scholars of the Hebrew Bible, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students in religious studies, women and gender studies, masculinity studies, queer studies, and related fields. It can also be read with profit by lay students of biblical literature, seminary students, and clergy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 434g\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 159 x 243 x 17 (mm)\n                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780367344979\n                            \n                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbara Thiede","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44104678572282,"sku":"9780367344979","price":147.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/b025e544b8feee58f3093708e18e3df9.jpg?v=1633659721","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/male-friendship-homosociality-and-women-in-the-hebrew-bible-malignant-fraternities","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}