(E)mpersonating the bodies of early Christianity

From a rhetoric of enquiry it is argued that the manner in which Biblical critics construct personhood from the biblical writings obfuscates the differences between contemporary and ancient society. Approaching the notion of person from a rhetoric of the body simultaneously exposes contemporary pres...

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Main Author: Vorster, Johannes N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: NTWSA 2000
In: Neotestamentica
Year: 2000, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-124
Further subjects:B Biblical writings
B Person as substance
B Person as rhetoric
B Person as construct
B Christianity
B Personhood
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Summary:From a rhetoric of enquiry it is argued that the manner in which Biblical critics construct personhood from the biblical writings obfuscates the differences between contemporary and ancient society. Approaching the notion of person from a rhetoric of the body simultaneously exposes contemporary prescriptive impersonations and functions as an analytical category for the interpretation of bodily interaction in antiquity.
ISSN:2518-4628
Contains:Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_536