Disgust in Early Christianity: The New Testament and its Early Reception
Disgust is recognized as a 'moral emotion', and as such has been a subject of recent attention in New Testament studies. This essay identifies two ways of thinking with disgust in New Testament literature and its early reception. One discourages or suppresses disgust, avoiding disgust voca...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2021
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Biblica
Year: 2021, Volume: 102, Issue: 4, Pages: 593-614 |
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| Summary: | Disgust is recognized as a 'moral emotion', and as such has been a subject of recent attention in New Testament studies. This essay identifies two ways of thinking with disgust in New Testament literature and its early reception. One discourages or suppresses disgust, avoiding disgust vocabulary and imagery in contexts even where expected. Another encourages disgust as a moral emotion in critiquing and ostracizing wrongdoers, thus maintaining in-group purity and identity. These two ways of thinking about disgust as a moral emotion exist in tension in the New Testament and beyond, and frame even contemporary moral debates. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/BIB.102.4.3290260 |