How Long to Read Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch

How Long Does it Take to Read Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 25 minutes to read Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch by Sean D. Burke

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Were eunuchs more usually castrated guardians of the harem, as florid Orientalist portraits imagine them, or were they trusted court officials who may never have been castrated? Was the Ethiopian eunuch a Jew or a Gentile, a slave or a free man? Why does Luke call him a "man" while contemporaries referred to eunuchs as "unmanned" beings? As Sean D. Burke treats questions that have received dramatically different answers over the centuries of Christian interpretation, he shows that eunuchs bore particular stereotyped associations regarding gender and sexual status as well as of race, ethnicity, and class. Not only has Luke failed to resolve these ambiguities; he has positioned this destabilized figure at a key place in the narrative-as the gospel has expanded beyond Judea, but before Gentiles are explicitly named-in such a way as to blur a number of social role boundaries. In this sense, Burke argues, Luke intended to "queer" his reader's expectations and so to present the boundary-transgressing potentiality of a new community.

How long is Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch?

Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch by Sean D. Burke is 203 pages long, and a total of 51,359 words.

This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch aloud.

What Reading Level is Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch?

Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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