04494nam 2200721Ia 450 991045575980332120200520144314.01-282-45672-597866124567253-11-021564-010.1515/9783110215649(CKB)2480000000000017(EBL)476093(OCoLC)609852895(SSID)ssj0000360717(PQKBManifestationID)11274662(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360717(PQKBWorkID)10347949(PQKB)11182528(MiAaPQ)EBC476093(DE-B1597)36172(OCoLC)647844162(OCoLC)900780314(DE-B1597)9783110215649(Au-PeEL)EBL476093(CaPaEBR)ebr10359406(CaONFJC)MIL245672(EXLCZ)99248000000000001720091217d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrGossip and gender[electronic resource] othering of speech in the Pastoral Epistles /Marianne Bjelland KartzowBerlin ;New York Walter de Gruyterc20091 online resource (256 p.)Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ;Bd. 164Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Universitetet i Oslo, 2007).3-11-021563-2 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on abbreviations, texts, and translations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Gossip and gender -- Chapter 2. Identifying the ancient gossip discourse -- Chapter 3. Ancient representations of female gossip -- Chapter 4. The Pastoral Epistles and gender discourses -- Chapter 5. Representations of female Gossipers in the Pastoral Epistles -- Chapter 6. Gossip and masculinity -- Chapter 7. Gossip and gender - final reflections -- BackmatterThis book suggests that gossip can be used as an interpretive key to understand more of early Christian identity and theology. Insights from the multi disciplinary field of gossip studies help to interpret what role gossip plays, especially in relation to how power and authority are distributed and promoted. A presentation of various texts in Greek, Hebrew and Latin shows that the relation between gossip and gender is complex: to gossip was typical for all women and risky for elite men who constantly had to defend their masculinity. Frequently the Pastoral Epistles connect gossip to false teaching, as an expression of deviance. On several occasions it is argued that various categories of women have to avoid gossip to be entrusted duties or responsibilities. "Old wives' tales" are associated with heresy, contrasted to godliness in which one had to train one self. Other passages clearly suggest that the false teaching resembles feminine gossip by use of metaphorical language: profane words will spread fast and uncontrolled like cancer; what the false teachers say is tickling in the ear, and their mouth must be stopped or silenced. The Pastoral Epistles employ terms drawn from the stereotype of gossip as rhetorical devices in order to undermine the masculinity and hence the authority, of the opponents.Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ;Beiheft 164.Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ;Bd. 164.GossipBiblical teachingGossip in literatureSex roleReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600WomenReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Electronic books.GossipBiblical teaching.Gossip in literature.Sex roleReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesWomenReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrines227.8306Kartzow Marianne Bjelland1971-1043561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455759803321Gossip and gender2468617UNINA