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This conference paper, presented at SBL in 2020, connects the images of "barbarians" in the relie... more This conference paper, presented at SBL in 2020, connects the images of "barbarians" in the reliefs at the Great Altar of Pergamon to the anti-Roman polemic in Revelation 13. I argue that Revelation's earliest readers would have seen an implicit argument in Revelation's depictions of the "beasts" that the empire is the true "barbarian."
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In this conference paper I explored whether there would be a pressure for Paul to perform masculi... more In this conference paper I explored whether there would be a pressure for Paul to perform masculinity through letter-writing the way ancient orators were expected to do with public speaking
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I argue that the differences between 1 Esdras and its counterparts in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehem... more I argue that the differences between 1 Esdras and its counterparts in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah also align with a transition from militant to scribal masculinity that occurred in second-temple Judaism.
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R. W. Connell discovered a tendency in the social organization of masculinity for constructions o... more R. W. Connell discovered a tendency in the social organization of masculinity for constructions of masculinity to be based on adaptations to crisis points emerging from encounters with hegemonic masculinity. I argue that such a pattern shapes the presentation of martyrs in Revelation. Written to resist an empire that was often presented as the "alpha male," Revelation must respond to the masculinity crisis provoked by disassociation from Rome. The presentation of the martyrs as masculine figures who do not follow the pattern of traditional masculinity allows the male readers and hearers of the texts to identify with the martyr's masculinity as an alternative to identifying with Rome.
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This conference paper, presented at SBL in 2020, connects the images of "barbarians" in the relie... more This conference paper, presented at SBL in 2020, connects the images of "barbarians" in the reliefs at the Great Altar of Pergamon to the anti-Roman polemic in Revelation 13. I argue that Revelation's earliest readers would have seen an implicit argument in Revelation's depictions of the "beasts" that the empire is the true "barbarian."
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In this conference paper I explored whether there would be a pressure for Paul to perform masculi... more In this conference paper I explored whether there would be a pressure for Paul to perform masculinity through letter-writing the way ancient orators were expected to do with public speaking
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I argue that the differences between 1 Esdras and its counterparts in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehem... more I argue that the differences between 1 Esdras and its counterparts in Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah also align with a transition from militant to scribal masculinity that occurred in second-temple Judaism.
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R. W. Connell discovered a tendency in the social organization of masculinity for constructions o... more R. W. Connell discovered a tendency in the social organization of masculinity for constructions of masculinity to be based on adaptations to crisis points emerging from encounters with hegemonic masculinity. I argue that such a pattern shapes the presentation of martyrs in Revelation. Written to resist an empire that was often presented as the "alpha male," Revelation must respond to the masculinity crisis provoked by disassociation from Rome. The presentation of the martyrs as masculine figures who do not follow the pattern of traditional masculinity allows the male readers and hearers of the texts to identify with the martyr's masculinity as an alternative to identifying with Rome.
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