Exotica and the Ethiopian of Acts 8:26–40: Toward a Different Fabula

Scholarship on the Ethiopian eunuch focuses heavily on his foreign otherness, identifying him as the first gentile convert in the Acts of the Apostles. Such a reading tends not only to exoticize the Ethiopian but also to vilify the temple and, by extension, first-century Judaism, for their imagined...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Aymer, Margaret P. (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: 2023
Στο/Στη: Journal of Biblical literature
Έτος: 2023, Τόμος: 142, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 533-546
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B Bibel. Apostelgeschichte 8,26-39 / Ενσάρκωση
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo:HC Καινή Διαθήκη
HD Πρώιμος Ιουδαϊσμός
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Hartman, Saidiya
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Σύνοψη:Scholarship on the Ethiopian eunuch focuses heavily on his foreign otherness, identifying him as the first gentile convert in the Acts of the Apostles. Such a reading tends not only to exoticize the Ethiopian but also to vilify the temple and, by extension, first-century Judaism, for their imagined rejection of this man. Using Saidiya Hartman's work on "critical fabulation," I propose instead that the Ethiopian be read as a Jew and, moreover, as an embodiment of the Jewish experiences of exile and enslavement to which his castrated body points. Such a reading supports the theme of the ingathering of dispersed Jews within the nascent Christian movement, which is central to Acts 1-8.
ISSN:1934-3876
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature