The Manliness of Women and the Social Construction of Gender in the New Testament Period

Scholars who study gender in the New Testament period largely agree that a person’s gender did not inevitably result from their sex. Masculinity was achieved through habits of behavior and bodily comportment. Men who did not maintain such standards could be criticized for becoming “effeminate,” a mo...

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Main Author: Hylen, Susan E. 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Novum Testamentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 511-531
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Gender studies / New Testament / Church / Roman Empire
RelBib Classification:FD Contextual theology
HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Women
B Masculinity
B Gender
B New Testament
B gender theory
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