Brian R. Doak (PhD Harvard University) is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Faculty Fellow in the William Penn Honors Program at George Fox University, just outside of Portland, Oregon.
a model of how ideological insights may be integrated into a
literary-historical study, resisting the either/or of historical
readings and creative reception, which should appeal to scholars
from across the theological spectrum.
*John D. Nelson, Religion, Vol 52, no.1*
His approach—using the body as a lens through which to view
attitudes towards social and political structures—could be
fruitfully applied to other corpora of ancient literature.
*Eleanor Vivian, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament*
Heroic Bodies addresses a wide range of topics, including gender,
hairiness, violence, size, and beauty, to name a few. It
interrogates an embodied identity that has hitherto not been fully
explored in the Hebrew Bible: that of the hero. Its comparative
studies of ancient Near Eastern and especially of Greek material --
often less familiar to the biblical scholar -- provide valuable
insights into a widespread heroic tradition ... Heroic Bodies will
open up multiple avenues of inquiry that will no doubt continue in
coming years.
*Rosanne Liebermann, Ancient Jew Review*
Doak offers an intriguing and clear presentation of the nature of
the biblical presentation of heroes and their physical bodies.
Through this work, he has made a signifcant contribution to the
rapidly growing fields of masculinity studies and heroic studies.
Any scholar with an interest in these topics would greatly benefit
from Doak's research.
*Alison K. Hawanchak, Bulletin for Biblical Research*
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