Thou Art the Man
Download or Read eBook Thou Art the Man PDF written by Ruth Mazo Karras and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Ruth Mazo Karras |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2021-04-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812253023 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812253027 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Thou Art the Man by : Ruth Mazo Karras
Book excerpt: "This book is a work of medieval history and the history of gender and sexuality. It looks at the biblical King David, who has multiple paradigmatic identities in the Middle Ages: king, military leader, adulterous lover, sinner. It views David primarily from the perspective of medieval European Christian society but also from the medieval European Jewish viewpoint"--