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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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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2023
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Journal of Biblical literature
Год: 2023, Том: 142, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 533-546 |
| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Bibel. Apostelgeschichte 8,26-39
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| Индексация IxTheo: | HC Новый Завет HD Ранний иудаизм |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Hartman, Saidiya
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| Итог: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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