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Being Subordinate Men Paul's Rhetoric of Gender and Power in 1 Corinthians

Robinson, Brian J.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781978703339
Publisert
2018-11-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Vekt
594 gr
Høyde
231 mm
Bredde
158 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
282

Forfatter
Robinson, Brian J.

Om bidragsyterne

Brian J. Robinson teaches classes on religious studies and hellenistic Jewish and early Christianity literature at Azusa Pacific University and California Lutheran University.

Being Subordinate Men Paul's Rhetoric of Gender and Power in 1 Corinthians

Robinson, Brian J.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
Robinson, Brian J.
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
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Paul's masculinity is often taken for granted as consistently authoritative and hierarchical. In this nuanced study, Brian Robinson explores different rhetorical valences and effects of ancient discourses on maleness, revealing a more textured array of options for interpretation of the Corinthian correspondence than a binary construction of gender affords. Readers interested in both the intersection of critical theory and biblical interpretation and in the resonances of Paul's letters with contemporary social issues and concerns will find much with which to dialog.

- Davina C. Lopez, Professor of Religious Studies, Eckerd College,

Arguably, Paul is the most fully-fleshed out man in the New Testament; as such, a book-length analysis of how Paul constructs and performs his masculinity is long overdue. Brian Robinson fills this need admirably. His erudition on ancient protocols of masculinity is impressive; his analysis of Paul’s performance of gender in 1 Corinthians is thoroughly informed by feminist and queer Pauline scholarship; and the Paul with which he presents us ultimately is both thought-provokingly unfamiliar and compellingly rendered.

- Stephen D. Moore, Edmund S. Janes Professor of New Testament Studies, The Theological School, Drew University,

Brian Robinson’s Being Subordinate Men: Paul's Rhetoric of Gender and Power in 1 Corinthians compares cultural notions of masculinity in the ancient world with Paul’s rhetoric in 1 Corinthians, and shows that Paul deliberately undermines ancient masculine ideals about crafting powerful public personas explicitly tied to the performance of masculinity. Robinson maintains that Paul repeatedly chooses to portray himself in modes that signal weakness and a subordinate status that embodies the way of Jesus. This is a prophetic book, ahead of its time and tailor-made for reading in the #Metoo moment.

- Love L. Sechrest, Associate Professor of New Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary,

Being Subordinate Men offers a gender critical examination of Paul’s use of gender and power in the argument of 1 Corinthians. By elevating femininity and misperforming masculinity, Paul consistently undermines first century Roman norms of masculinity. Such norms of masculinity would have allowed some of the higher status men among the Corinthian believers to occupy positions of power that would give them control over lower status members of the community. Instead of supporting such a patriarchal model, Paul articulates a form of masculinity that would require these higher status men to abandon their positions of power and occupy positions that would put them on equal status with women and men whose bodies and identities forced them to the margins of society. Such a move subverts forms of toxic, or hegemonic, masculinity that give a select few men power over the bodies of others. Instead of a toxic masculinity, Paul commands the men in his audience to embody a failed, or subordinate, masculinity. This failed masculinity not only imitates Paul’s own subordinate masculinity, seen in his embrace of feminine imagery and his failure to live up to first century Roman norms of masculinity, but also supports Paul’s main reason for writing 1 Corinthians by confronting the factionalism that threatens to destroy the believing community. Paul’s vision for the believing community is one of equality that centers itself in imitation of the crucified body of Jesus, a body that demonstrates that equality, not domination, is the path to the kingdom of God.
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Being Subordinate Men offers a gender critical examination of Paul’s use of gender and power in the argument of 1 Corinthians, showing that the apostle consistently undermines first-century Roman norms of masculinity.
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Chapter 1: Uncovering Paul’s Body Chapter 2: The Body, Masculinity, and Power Chapter 3: Reconstructing Masculinities Chapter 4: Paul’s Subordinate Masculinity in 1 Corinthians Chapter 5: Manifestations of Subordinate Masculinity in Paul’s Paraenesis Chapter 6: Summary and an Interpretive Exploration of Paul’s Veils
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Paul's masculinity is often taken for granted as consistently authoritative and hierarchical. In this nuanced study, Brian Robinson explores different rhetorical valences and effects of ancient discourses on maleness, revealing a more textured array of options for interpretation of the Corinthian correspondence than a binary construction of gender affords. Readers interested in both the intersection of critical theory and biblical interpretation and in the resonances of Paul's letters with contemporary social issues and concerns will find much with which to dialog.

- Davina C. Lopez, Professor of Religious Studies, Eckerd College,

Arguably, Paul is the most fully-fleshed out man in the New Testament; as such, a book-length analysis of how Paul constructs and performs his masculinity is long overdue. Brian Robinson fills this need admirably. His erudition on ancient protocols of masculinity is impressive; his analysis of Paul’s performance of gender in 1 Corinthians is thoroughly informed by feminist and queer Pauline scholarship; and the Paul with which he presents us ultimately is both thought-provokingly unfamiliar and compellingly rendered.

- Stephen D. Moore, Edmund S. Janes Professor of New Testament Studies, The Theological School, Drew University,

Brian Robinson’s Being Subordinate Men: Paul's Rhetoric of Gender and Power in 1 Corinthians compares cultural notions of masculinity in the ancient world with Paul’s rhetoric in 1 Corinthians, and shows that Paul deliberately undermines ancient masculine ideals about crafting powerful public personas explicitly tied to the performance of masculinity. Robinson maintains that Paul repeatedly chooses to portray himself in modes that signal weakness and a subordinate status that embodies the way of Jesus. This is a prophetic book, ahead of its time and tailor-made for reading in the #Metoo moment.

- Love L. Sechrest, Associate Professor of New Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary,

Being Subordinate Men offers a gender critical examination of Paul’s use of gender and power in the argument of 1 Corinthians. By elevating femininity and misperforming masculinity, Paul consistently undermines first century Roman norms of masculinity. Such norms of masculinity would have allowed some of the higher status men among the Corinthian believers to occupy positions of power that would give them control over lower status members of the community. Instead of supporting such a patriarchal model, Paul articulates a form of masculinity that would require these higher status men to abandon their positions of power and occupy positions that would put them on equal status with women and men whose bodies and identities forced them to the margins of society. Such a move subverts forms of toxic, or hegemonic, masculinity that give a select few men power over the bodies of others. Instead of a toxic masculinity, Paul commands the men in his audience to embody a failed, or subordinate, masculinity. This failed masculinity not only imitates Paul’s own subordinate masculinity, seen in his embrace of feminine imagery and his failure to live up to first century Roman norms of masculinity, but also supports Paul’s main reason for writing 1 Corinthians by confronting the factionalism that threatens to destroy the believing community. Paul’s vision for the believing community is one of equality that centers itself in imitation of the crucified body of Jesus, a body that demonstrates that equality, not domination, is the path to the kingdom of God.
Les mer
Being Subordinate Men offers a gender critical examination of Paul’s use of gender and power in the argument of 1 Corinthians, showing that the apostle consistently undermines first-century Roman norms of masculinity.
Les mer
Chapter 1: Uncovering Paul’s Body Chapter 2: The Body, Masculinity, and Power Chapter 3: Reconstructing Masculinities Chapter 4: Paul’s Subordinate Masculinity in 1 Corinthians Chapter 5: Manifestations of Subordinate Masculinity in Paul’s Paraenesis Chapter 6: Summary and an Interpretive Exploration of Paul’s Veils
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781978703339
Publisert
2018-11-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Vekt
594 gr
Høyde
231 mm
Bredde
158 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
282

Forfatter
Robinson, Brian J.

Om bidragsyterne

Brian J. Robinson teaches classes on religious studies and hellenistic Jewish and early Christianity literature at Azusa Pacific University and California Lutheran University.

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