RT Article
T1 The Ideal Meal: Masculinity and Disability among Host and Guests in Luke
JF Biblical theology bulletin
VO 53
IS 4
SP 272
OP 282
A1 Solevåg, Anna Rebecca
A2 Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland 1971-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1873009615
AB In the Gospel of Luke, the social gathering of the meal appears again and again. It is a setting for Jesus’ interactions as well as a topic of conversation. Drawing on theories of disability and masculinity, this article examines the various meal scenes in Luke 14. The focus is on Jesus’ advice to the host about who to invite and who not to invite when hosting a meal (vv. 12–14). This saying constructs a complex and intersecting web of potential guests. Those that should not be invited, belong to the social world of the privileged man: his brother, friend, relative and rich neighbor. Representing different levels of his radius of trust, they all have something to give back. The preferred guests in Jesus’ parable, however, are those who lack the resources to give anything back, due to bodily disability and lack of means: “The poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind” (Luke 14:14, NRSV). The article thus examines how health, economic ability, and gender intersect. The ideal meal in the Gospel of Luke negotiates the complex social web of the ancient world. We suggest that disability and masculinity are key issues and scrutinize these categories to rethink the social make-up of ideal communities as suggested by Luke.
K1 Intersectionality
K1 Masculinity
K1 Luke 14
K1 guests
K1 Meal
K1 Disability
DO 10.1177/01461079231210850