{"product_id":"maximos-the-confessor-androprimacy-and-sexual-difference-hardback-9781009492195","title":"Maximos the Confessor; Androprimacy and Sexual Difference (Hardback) 9781009492195","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMaximos the Confessor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAndroprimacy and Sexual Difference\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs the Christian afterlife all male? Greek medicine and Biblical and Patristic exegesis seemed to lead Maximos to that conclusion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLuis Josué Salés (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009492195, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e76 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMaximos affirms in various texts (such as Difficulty 41) that sexual differentiation into male and female is inconsistent with the divine intention and will therefore be eschatologically eradicated. His affirmations have elicited a half-dozen conflicting interpretations, such as the metaphorization of these statements, where 'male' refers to drive (thymos) and 'female' to desire (epithymia), which become subordinate to reason (logos). Others maintain that he refers to the resolution of male–female agonistics. Yet others have criticized accounts that mollify the starkness of Maximos' affirmations. This Element goes further in arguing that Maximos tacitly envisions the elimination of sexual difference as sublimation of all sexual difference into male singularity. This Element overviews the exegetical and medical-anthropological precedents that framed Maximos thinking on this subject and examines some of his key texts, including his famed Difficulty 41 and several passages centered on explicating Eve and Adam, and Mary and Christ.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Androprimacy and the Sexed Body in Late Antiquity\u003cbr\u003e 2. A New Reading of Difficulty\u003cbr\u003e 3. Eve and Mary in Maximos' Exegesis\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Biblical studies \u0026amp; exegesis [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Biblical studies \u0026amp; exegesis\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Biblical%20studies%20\u0026amp;%20exegesis%20%5BHRCG%5D%22\"\u003eHRCG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52414091657496,"sku":"9781009492195","price":46.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009492195i.jpg?v=1784337786","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/maximos-the-confessor-androprimacy-and-sexual-difference-hardback-9781009492195","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}