Politics of genealogies in the New Testament
This article intends to show that the significance of biblical genealogies extends beyond their ostensible function as hereditary accounts to their investment in identity politics. The reconsideration of genealogies in recent scholarly work in terms of their literary dimensions and socio-cultural as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2013, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 373-398 |
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| Summary: | This article intends to show that the significance of biblical genealogies extends beyond their ostensible function as hereditary accounts to their investment in identity politics. The reconsideration of genealogies in recent scholarly work in terms of their literary dimensions and socio-cultural aspects, especially in imperial times, provides new impetus to investigate the politics of genealogical concerns in the New Testament. Attention to the Jesus-genealogies of the Gospels and explicit references to genealogical matters in the Pastoral Epistles and Hebrews leads to the conclusion that gender- and identity politics are of greater importance in explicit appeals to genealogies in the NT than has often been admitted. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC148904 |