The Politics of Ear Mutilation: Cropping an Enslaved Person in the Gospel Passion Narratives

This article challenges a slaveholder perspective of the treatment of the high priest’s enslaved agent in the canonical gospels. It seeks to demonstrate how ancient traditions and practices of ear cropping and facial mutilation, especially of enslaved folks, give insight into the significance of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Soon, Isaac T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2024
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2024, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 244-270
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Malchus, Biblical person / Ear / Slavery / Asia / Jesus Christus
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
HC New Testament
KBM Asia
RA Practical theology
Further subjects:B Anger
B enslaved person
B Epiphany
B ear
B Gospels
B Peter
B Malchus
B mutilation
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