Most characters in the Bible are men, yet they are hardly analysed as such. Masculinity and the Bible provides the first comprehensive survey of approaches that remedy this situation. These are studies that utilize insights from the field of masculinity studies to further biblical studies. The volume offers a representative overview of both fields and presents a new exegesis of a well-known biblical text (Mark 6) to show how this approach leads to new insights.

Peter-Ben Smit (Ph.D., 2005, University of Berne, Switzerland; ThD, 2011, General Theological Seminary, New York; Dr. theol. Habil., 2009, University of Berne) is Professor of Contextual Biblical Interpretation in the Dom Hélder Câmara Chair at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Professor by special appointment of Ancient Catholic Church Structures at Utrecht University, Research Associate at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria, and Dean of the Diocese of Haarlem. His publications in the field of biblical studies include: Jesus Traditions in the Construction of Masculinities in World Christianities (ed. with Adriaan van Klinken), special issue of Exchange (42:1; 2013) and with Ovidiu Creanga (eds.), Biblical Masculinities Foregrounded (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2014).