Slandering the Jew : Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts.
Drake, Susanna.
Slandering the Jew : Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (185 pages) - Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series . - Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of Carnal Israel: Paul, Barnabas, Justin -- 2 Origen Reads Jewishness -- 3 Sexual/Textual Corruption: Early Christian Interpretations of Susanna and the Elders -- 4 "A Synagogue of Malakoi and Pornai": John Chrysostom's Sermons against the Jews -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
This book explores the sexual slander of Jews in Christian texts from the first through fifth centuries. These early Christian representations of Jewish sexuality reveal how Church fathers used accusations of fleshliness, bestiality, and licentiousness as strategies to differentiate the "spiritual" Christian from the "carnal" Jew.
9780812208245
Christianity and other religions-Judaism-History.
Church history-Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Judaism-Relations-Christianity-History.
Sex-Religious aspects-Christianity-History of doctrines-Early church, ca. 30-600.
Electronic books.
BR195.S48D73 2013
261.2/609015
Slandering the Jew : Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (185 pages) - Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series . - Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Making of Carnal Israel: Paul, Barnabas, Justin -- 2 Origen Reads Jewishness -- 3 Sexual/Textual Corruption: Early Christian Interpretations of Susanna and the Elders -- 4 "A Synagogue of Malakoi and Pornai": John Chrysostom's Sermons against the Jews -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
This book explores the sexual slander of Jews in Christian texts from the first through fifth centuries. These early Christian representations of Jewish sexuality reveal how Church fathers used accusations of fleshliness, bestiality, and licentiousness as strategies to differentiate the "spiritual" Christian from the "carnal" Jew.
9780812208245
Christianity and other religions-Judaism-History.
Church history-Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Judaism-Relations-Christianity-History.
Sex-Religious aspects-Christianity-History of doctrines-Early church, ca. 30-600.
Electronic books.
BR195.S48D73 2013
261.2/609015