Sex, honor and power in the Deuteronomistic history

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    • Stone, Ken

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Sex, honor and power in the Deuteronomistic history

Ken Stone

(Journal for the study of the Old Testament : supplement series, 234)

Sheffield Academic, c1996

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Bibliography: p. [149]-165

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In this original work, Stone studies the structure and social presuppositions of several narratives from the Deuteronomistic History in which sexual activity plays a significant role. Both narratological and anthropological tools are utilized in the textual analysis. Stone interestingly notes the link between sexual activity, gender and prestige structures; the emphasis on male contest and female chastity discussed by anthropologists of honour and shame; and the role of the exchange of women in relations between men. In each story, sexual practice is primarily related to male struggles for honour and power.

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