TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stone, Ken (Kenneth A.)
TI  - Sex, honor and power in the Deuteronomistic history
SN  - 1-85075-640-6
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Sheffield, England 
PB  - Sheffield Academic Press
KW  - Bible -- Socio-rhetorical criticism. Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism) Sex in the Bible
N2  - 	 In this original work, Stone studies the structure and social presuppositions of several narratives from the Deuteronomistic History in which sexual activity plays a significant role. Both narratological and anthropological tools are utilized in the textual analysis. Stone interestingly notes the link between sexual activity, gender and prestige structures; the emphasis on male contest and female chastity discussed by anthropologists of honour and shame; and the role of the exchange of women in relations between men. In each story, sexual practice is primarily related to male struggles for hon
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