04388nam 2200721Ia 450 991046291550332120200520144314.00-8122-0824-210.9783/9780812208245(CKB)2670000000418190(OCoLC)857347392(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748433(SSID)ssj0001035987(PQKBManifestationID)11556504(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035987(PQKBWorkID)11041490(PQKB)10411522(MiAaPQ)EBC3442066(OCoLC)867740062(MdBmJHUP)muse27253(DE-B1597)449755(OCoLC)979756712(DE-B1597)9780812208245(Au-PeEL)EBL3442066(CaPaEBR)ebr10748433(CaONFJC)MIL682656(EXLCZ)99267000000041819020121128d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSlandering the Jew[electronic resource] sexuality and difference in early Christian texts /Susanna Drake1st ed.Philadelphia PENN/University of Pennsylvania Press20131 online resource (185 p.) Divinations : rereading late ancient religionBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51374-0 0-8122-4520-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-163) and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Making of Carnal Israel: Paul, Barnabas, Justin -- Chapter 2. Origen Reads Jewishness -- Chapter 3. Sexual/Textual Corruption: Early Christian Interpretations of Susanna and the Elders -- Chapter 4. "A Synagogue of Malakoi and Pornai": John Chrysostom's Sermons against the Jews -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- AcknowledgmentsAs Christian leaders in the first through fifth centuries embraced ascetic interpretations of the Bible and practices of sexual renunciation, sexual slander-such as the accusations Paul leveled against wayward Gentiles in the New Testament-played a pivotal role in the formation of early Christian identity. In particular, the imagined construct of the lascivious, literal-minded Jew served as a convenient foil to the chaste Christian ideal. Susanna Drake examines representations of Jewish sexuality in early Christian writings that use accusations of carnality, fleshliness, bestiality, and licentiousness as strategies to differentiate the "spiritual" Christian from the "carnal" Jew. Church fathers such as Justin Martyr, Hippolytus of Rome, Origen of Alexandria, and John Chrysostom portrayed Jewish men variously as dangerously hypersexual, at times literally seducing virtuous Christians into heresy, or as weak and effeminate, unable to control bodily impulses or govern their wives.As Drake shows, these carnal caricatures served not only to emphasize religious difference between Christians and Jews but also to justify increased legal constraints and violent acts against Jews as the interests of Christian leaders began to dovetail with the interests of the empire. Placing Christian representations of Jews at the root of the destruction of synagogues and mobbing of Jewish communities in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, Slandering the Jew casts new light on the intersections of sexuality, violence, representation, and religious identity.Divinations.Christianity and other religionsJudaismHistoryChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600JudaismRelationsChristianityHistorySexReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Electronic books.Christianity and other religionsJudaismHistory.Church historyJudaismRelationsChristianityHistory.SexReligious aspectsChristianityHistory of doctrines261.2/609015Drake Susanna1038161MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462915503321Slandering the Jew2459574UNINA