Vulnerability and Valour: A Gendered Analysis of Everyday Life in the Dead Sea Scrolls Communities

by Jessica M. Keady

Book Overview

Jessica M. Keady uses insights from social science and gender theory to shed light on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the community at Qumran. Through her analysis Keady shows that it was not only women who could be viewed as an impure problem, but also that men shared these characteristics as well.

The first framework adopted by Keady is masculinity studies, specifically Raewyn Connell's hegemonic masculinity, which Keady applies to the Rule...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567672247
• ISBN13: 9780567672247
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"