Ruth Mazo Karras

Thou Art the Man

The Masculinity of David in the Christian and Jewish Middle Ages

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Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the different configurations of David in biblical and Talmudic commentaries, in Latin, Hebrew, and vernacular literatures across Europe, in liturgy, and in the visual arts, Ruth Mazo Karras offers a rich case study of how ideas and ideals of masculinity could bend to support a variety of purposes within and across medieval cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9780812253023
• ISBN-10: 0812253027
• Artikelnr.: 60329126

Autorenporträt

Ruth Mazo Karras is Lecky Professor of History at Trinity College Dublin. She is author of, among other books, From Boys to Men: Formations of Masculinity in Late Medieval Europe and Unmarriages: Women, Men, and Sexual Unions in the Middle Ages, both available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. David His Tens of Thousands: Prowess and Piety
Chapter 2. Surpassing the Love of Women: Love, Friendship, Loyalty Between
Men
Chapter 3. I Have Sinned Against the Lord: Sex and Penitence
Chapter 4. With Sacred Music upon the Harp: Creativity and Ecstasy
Chapter 5. O My Son Absalom: Establishing a Dynasty
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index