John Chrysostom on homoeroticism
The purpose of this article is to investigate how John Chrysostom (347-407 C.E.) understood homoeroticism and how he structured his invective against it. Chrysostom's construction of homoeroticism is a conglomeration of numerous discourses of abnormality and criminality. This article traces, fi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2014, Volume: 48, Issue: 1, Pages: 187-218 |
| Further subjects: | B
Homosexuality
B Sodom B Roman marriage B Homoeroticism B Pederasty B Paul's Epistle to the Romans B John Chrysostom B Sexuality B Gender B Sodomy B Nature in antiquity |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this article is to investigate how John Chrysostom (347-407 C.E.) understood homoeroticism and how he structured his invective against it. Chrysostom's construction of homoeroticism is a conglomeration of numerous discourses of abnormality and criminality. This article traces, firstly, how Chrysostom understood the discourse of nature in relation to homoeroticism and marriage, and specifically its effect on his understanding of gender inversion and ambiguity, as well as passion, pleasure, and the affluent life. Secondly, the paper examines Chrysostom's understanding of the criminality of homoeroticism and its punishment, in which he meticulously constructs an image of the homoerotic as monstrous, and worthy only of the proportionate monstrous punishment, that is hell, especially represented by the story of the demise of Sodom. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC160018 |