Poison in the "Panarion": Beasts, Heretics, and Sexual Deviants
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 opp...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
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Brill
2016
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| Στο/Στη: |
Vigiliae Christianae
Έτος: 2016, Τόμος: 70, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 237-258 |
| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | FA Θεολογία ΚΑΒ Εκκλησιαστική Ιστορία 30-500, Πρώιμος Χριστιανισμός NCF Σεξουαλική Ηθική |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Epiphanius of Salamis
Panarion
poison
heresiology
sexual slander
beasts
gender
identity formation
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Σύνοψη: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0720 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | In: Vigiliae Christianae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341256 |