Sophia
This chapter discusses how convictions about gender and sexuality (both at the divine and at the social level) have been instrumental to the ways early Christians addressed the divine Sophia myth. Strongly gendered and idealized already in the Hebrew Bible, the personified feminine Sophia undergoes...
| Publicado no: | The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality |
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado em: |
Oxford University Press
2019
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| Em: |
The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality
Ano: 2019, Páginas: 469-484 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Sophia Jesu Christi
/ Bibel. Neues Testament
/ Judaísmo primitivo
/ Gnose
/ Cristianismo
/ Sexo
/ Sexualidade
/ Feminismo
/ Crítica
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião HC Novo Testamento HD Judaísmo primitivo KAB Cristianismo primitivo |
| Acesso em linha: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Não eletrônico
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| Resumo: | This chapter discusses how convictions about gender and sexuality (both at the divine and at the social level) have been instrumental to the ways early Christians addressed the divine Sophia myth. Strongly gendered and idealized already in the Hebrew Bible, the personified feminine Sophia undergoes a process of masculinization and further idealization in Jewish writings of the Second Temple Period. Somewhat paradoxically, this appears to culminate in her (almost) complete effacement from the New Testament or her replacement with the masculine Logos. Yet in Christian gnostic writings of the second century, Sophia returns with a vengeance: more feminine than ever, by now she is both more powerful than the God of the Hebrew Bible and no longer idealized as an unequivocally positive figure. It is argued that with a careful application of feminist critique, a more thorough understanding of the Sophia myth and its possible theological implications can be reached. |
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| ISBN: | 0190213418 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190213398.013.22 |