RT Article
T1 Poison in the "Panarion": Beasts, Heretics, and Sexual Deviants
JF Vigiliae Christianae
VO 70
IS 3
SP 237
OP 258
A1 Whitley, Thomas J.
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2016
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1549783572
AB Epiphanius builds Christian identity in his Panarion by merging two distinct discourses of othering: poison and sexual slander. By combining a rhetoric of poison with a rhetoric of sexual slander, Epiphanius produced a new way of thinking about—and creating—theological difference. By linking his opponents to sexual deviance, identifying heresies as poisons which can invade the church, and likening heretics to beasts, Epiphanius delegitimated his opponents, characterized himself as the church’s chief medical officer, and presented one acceptable Christian identity.
K1 Epiphanius of Salamis : Panarion : poison : heresiology : sexual slander : beasts : gender : identity formation
DO 10.1163/15700720-12341256