Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvChristy Cobb,Eric Vanden Eykel,Eric Vanden Eykel

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Examples of sexual violence and mentions of it appear with a disturbing level of frequency in the literature of early Christianity. This collection of essays explores these occurrences in canonical and noncanonical Christian texts from the first until the fifth centuries CE. Drawing from a range of interpretive lenses, scholars of early Christianity approach these writings with the goal of identifying how their authors employ the language of sexual assault, rape, and violence in order to formulate and support various rhetorical and theological claims. Individual chapters also address how and why these episodes of sexual violence have been ignored or, sometimes, read in a way that would make them less problematic. As a collection, Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts examines these texts carefully, ethically, and with an eye toward shining a light on the scourge of sexual violence that is so often manifest in both ancient and contemporary Christian communities.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-10-03
Mått159 x 239 x 23 mm
Vikt576 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor298
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793637840

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IntroductionChristy Cobb and Eric Vanden Eykel1. Sexual Slander and Moral Supremacy in the ElenchosTara Baldrick-Morrone2. Danaids and Dirces in Roman Corinth: Sexualized Violence and Imperial Spectacle in 1 ClementChance E. Bonar3. Euclia’s Story: Coordinated Sexual Assault, Violence, and Willfulness in the Acts of Andrew”Christy Cobb4. “Guardians of Chastity and Companions in Suffering”: The Didactic and Rhetorical Function of Rape Threats in Ambrose of MilanJennifer Collins-Elliott5. Corinthian Concerns and Textual AssaultArminta Fox6. Sexual Violence, Martyrdom, and Enslavement in Augustine’s Letter 111Midori Hartman7. Virginity, Bestiality, and Virtue in Sozomen’s Account of the Attack of the Consecrated Virgins of HeliopolisLaToya M. Leary Francis8. Tertullian of Carthage, Sexualized Violence, and the “Abjection” of the Female FleshTravis W. Proctor9. Paul Trading Barbs: Sexual Invective as Gendered ViolenceJoshua M. Reno10. Ambivalent Wedding Imagery in Matt

Sex, Violence, and Early Christian Texts promises a welcome set of new approaches to study sexual violence in early Christianity broadly conceived. The editors, Christy Cobb and Eric Vanden Eykel, have carefully curated a collection of essays that spotlight the talents of many new scholars. A particularly valuable contribution this volume makes is the consistent engagement with lesser-known Christian texts to help expand our understanding of this salient topic and its range in the ancient world. It is a timely collection and one that does not shy away from our contemporary concerns and the frequency from which the past continues to haunt our collective moment of account.