Anatomy of Scandal: Self‐Dismemberment in the Gospel of Matthew and in Gogol's ‘The Nose’
Jesus' declarations, in Matthew 5:29–30 and 18:8–9, that it is better to remove an offending eye or limb than to risk hell, are usually explained in terms of hyperbole. Such a reading misses the text's hints at a more radical exposé of the causes of ‘sins of the flesh’. This essay argues t...
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Oxford University Press
2002
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Literature and theology
Year: 2002, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 270-290 |
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