LEADER 04388nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910462915503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-0824-2 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812208245 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418190 035 $a(OCoLC)857347392 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748433 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001035987 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11556504 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035987 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11041490 035 $a(PQKB)10411522 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442066 035 $a(OCoLC)867740062 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27253 035 $a(DE-B1597)449755 035 $a(OCoLC)979756712 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812208245 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442066 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748433 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682656 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418190 100 $a20121128d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSlandering the Jew$b[electronic resource] $esexuality and difference in early Christian texts /$fSusanna Drake 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cPENN/University of Pennsylvania Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (185 p.) 225 0 $aDivinations : rereading late ancient religion 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-51374-0 311 $a0-8122-4520-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 141-163) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. The Making of Carnal Israel: Paul, Barnabas, Justin -- $tChapter 2. Origen Reads Jewishness -- $tChapter 3. Sexual/Textual Corruption: Early Christian Interpretations of Susanna and the Elders -- $tChapter 4. "A Synagogue of Malakoi and Pornai": John Chrysostom's Sermons against the Jews -- $tConclusion -- $tAbbreviations -- $tNotes -- $tIndex -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aAs Christian leaders in the first through fifth centuries embraced ascetic interpretations of the Bible and practices of sexual renunciation, sexual slander-such as the accusations Paul leveled against wayward Gentiles in the New Testament-played a pivotal role in the formation of early Christian identity. In particular, the imagined construct of the lascivious, literal-minded Jew served as a convenient foil to the chaste Christian ideal. Susanna Drake examines representations of Jewish sexuality in early Christian writings that use accusations of carnality, fleshliness, bestiality, and licentiousness as strategies to differentiate the "spiritual" Christian from the "carnal" Jew. Church fathers such as Justin Martyr, Hippolytus of Rome, Origen of Alexandria, and John Chrysostom portrayed Jewish men variously as dangerously hypersexual, at times literally seducing virtuous Christians into heresy, or as weak and effeminate, unable to control bodily impulses or govern their wives.As Drake shows, these carnal caricatures served not only to emphasize religious difference between Christians and Jews but also to justify increased legal constraints and violent acts against Jews as the interests of Christian leaders began to dovetail with the interests of the empire. Placing Christian representations of Jews at the root of the destruction of synagogues and mobbing of Jewish communities in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, Slandering the Jew casts new light on the intersections of sexuality, violence, representation, and religious identity. 410 0$aDivinations. 606 $aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism$xHistory 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 606 $aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity$xHistory 606 $aSex$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChristianity and other religions$xJudaism$xHistory. 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aJudaism$xRelations$xChristianity$xHistory. 615 0$aSex$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 676 $a261.2/609015 700 $aDrake$b Susanna$01038161 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462915503321 996 $aSlandering the Jew$92459574 997 $aUNINA