Slandering the Jew : Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts.
Title:
Slandering the Jew : Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts.
Author:
Drake, Susanna.
ISBN:
9780812208245
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (185 pages)
Series:
Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of Carnal Israel: Paul, Barnabas, Justin -- 2 Origen Reads Jewishness -- 3 Sexual/Textual Corruption: Early Christian Interpretations of Susanna and the Elders -- 4 "A Synagogue of Malakoi and Pornai": John Chrysostom's Sermons against the Jews -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Abstract:
This book explores the sexual slander of Jews in Christian texts from the first through fifth centuries. These early Christian representations of Jewish sexuality reveal how Church fathers used accusations of fleshliness, bestiality, and licentiousness as strategies to differentiate the "spiritual" Christian from the "carnal" Jew.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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