TY - BOOK AU - Drake,Susanna TI - Slandering the Jew: Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts T2 - Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion Series SN - 9780812208245 AV - BR195.S48D73 2013 U1 - 261.2/609015 PY - 2013/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Christianity and other religions-Judaism-History KW - Church history-Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Judaism-Relations-Christianity-History KW - Sex-Religious aspects-Christianity-History of doctrines-Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3442066 ER -