LEADER 04606nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910780738603321 005 20230721024323.0 010 $a1-282-45672-5 010 $a9786612456725 010 $a3-11-021564-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110215649 035 $a(CKB)2480000000000017 035 $a(EBL)476093 035 $a(OCoLC)609852895 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000360717 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274662 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000360717 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10347949 035 $a(PQKB)11182528 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC476093 035 $a(DE-B1597)36172 035 $a(OCoLC)647844162 035 $a(OCoLC)900780314 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110215649 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL476093 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10359406 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245672 035 $a(EXLCZ)992480000000000017 100 $a20091217d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGossip and gender$b[electronic resource] $eothering of speech in the Pastoral Epistles /$fMarianne Bjelland Kartzow 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cWalter de Gruyter$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 1 $aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fu?r die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der a?lteren Kirche ;$vBd. 164 300 $aBased on the author's thesis (doctoral--Universitetet i Oslo, 2007). 311 $a3-11-021563-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tNotes on abbreviations, texts, and translations -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. Gossip and gender -- $tChapter 2. Identifying the ancient gossip discourse -- $tChapter 3. Ancient representations of female gossip -- $tChapter 4. The Pastoral Epistles and gender discourses -- $tChapter 5. Representations of female Gossipers in the Pastoral Epistles -- $tChapter 6. Gossip and masculinity -- $tChapter 7. Gossip and gender - final reflections -- $t Backmatter 330 $aThis book suggests that gossip can be used as an interpretive key to understand more of early Christian identity and theology. Insights from the multi disciplinary field of gossip studies help to interpret what role gossip plays, especially in relation to how power and authority are distributed and promoted. A presentation of various texts in Greek, Hebrew and Latin shows that the relation between gossip and gender is complex: to gossip was typical for all women and risky for elite men who constantly had to defend their masculinity. Frequently the Pastoral Epistles connect gossip to false teaching, as an expression of deviance. On several occasions it is argued that various categories of women have to avoid gossip to be entrusted duties or responsibilities. "Old wives' tales" are associated with heresy, contrasted to godliness in which one had to train one self. Other passages clearly suggest that the false teaching resembles feminine gossip by use of metaphorical language: profane words will spread fast and uncontrolled like cancer; what the false teachers say is tickling in the ear, and their mouth must be stopped or silenced. The Pastoral Epistles employ terms drawn from the stereotype of gossip as rhetorical devices in order to undermine the masculinity and hence the authority, of the opponents. 410 0$aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fu?r die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der a?lteren Kirche ;$vBeiheft 164. 410 0$aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fu?r die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der a?lteren Kirche ;$vBd. 164. 606 $aGossip$xBiblical teaching 606 $aGossip in literature 606 $aSex role$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 606 $aWomen$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 610 $aAncient Stereotypes. 610 $aFeminism. 610 $aGender. 610 $aGossip. 610 $aPastoral Epistles. 615 0$aGossip$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aGossip in literature. 615 0$aSex role$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aWomen$xReligious aspects$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 676 $a227.8306 700 $aKartzow$b Marianne Bjelland$f1971-$01484842 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780738603321 996 $aGossip and gender$93703655 997 $aUNINA