Amulo, the Adulterata and Bodo
Amulo, one of the earliest western witnesses for the Toledot Yeshu, uses ‘adulterata’ to describe the mother of Jesus. Some scholars have claimed that the word ‘adulterata’ implies that she was raped either by force or by deception. Forcible rape is questionable based on a linguistic argument: Latin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2024, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-14 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tôledôt Yēšû
/ Amolo, Lyon, Erzbischof -852
/ Maria, von Nazaret, Biblische Person
/ Virgin birth
/ Rape
/ Adultery
/ Bodón Deacon 813-
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Judaism
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages NBJ Mariology |
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| Summary: | Amulo, one of the earliest western witnesses for the Toledot Yeshu, uses ‘adulterata’ to describe the mother of Jesus. Some scholars have claimed that the word ‘adulterata’ implies that she was raped either by force or by deception. Forcible rape is questionable based on a linguistic argument: Latin usage of ‘adultero’, both classical and Christian, normally refers to a woman with the accusative case or the passive voice and distinguishes clearly between adultery and violent rape. It is possible that narratives such as the one about Jesus’ mother played a role in the conversion of the palace deacon Bodo to Judaism. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S002204692300091X |