Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible

Male alliances, partnerships, and friendships are fundamental to the Hebrew Bible. This book offers a detailed and explicit exploration of the ways in which shared sexual use of women and women's bodies engenders, sustains, and nourishes such relationships in the Hebrew Bible.

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Barbara Thiede is Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. An ordained rabbi, she is also a member of the VAAD, the academic council for the ALEPH Ordination Program, where she teaches Hebrew Bible and Jewish history.

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1 Genesis 38: "Lest We Become a Laughingstock" 2 David, Jonathan, and Saul: Being Good at Being a Man 3: 2 Samuel 13: Rape in the Royal House 4 Genesis 12, 20, and 26: Bromance in Bible 5 Judges 1921: The Warrior God and His Levite Soldier 6 Judges 4 and 5: Always Mothers, Never Friends