Men in the Bible and related literature : in the grip of specific males /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Biblical Characters in Three Traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) (Conference)
Other Authors:	Greene, John T. (Editor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English
Published:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
Subjects:	Men in the Bible. Conference papers and proceedings. Bibel. Geschlechterrolle. Männerbild. Mann.

Table of Contents:

Prolegomenon
Rachel: the shepherdess among shepherds
A dreamer among the shepherds: Joseph as a threat to Jacob's headship (Gen. 37)
Reading Reuben: the man who protected his mother's honor or slighted his father's honor?
Fathers and sons: primogeniture versus parental choice according to Rabbi Ya'akov Khuli's Me'am Lo'ez on the Book of Genesis (C.E. 1730)
They would not hearken unto their judges
The sinister Ehud: metalworker, musician, and a man of gravity
Belshazzar's last supper: a feast of signs and symbols
Elisha's trickster tales
Ezra's and (Nehemiah's) missions to Yehud in the light of Achaemenid Persian political policies
Ezra and the Taliban: what the modern imposition of Sharia Law might tell us about the imposition of Torah Law and Nehemiah's reforms
The Enoch narratives and the literary Jesus in the apocalyptic mirror
Not all comparisons are created equal: Moses and Aaron compared to Jesus in the Letter to the Hebrews.