Gabriel's Entrance and Biblical Violence in Luke's Annunciation Narrative
In this critical note I examine sexually violent biblical language and motifs that Luke includes in his annunciation narrative. Specifically, I show that Luke's introduction of Mary and his depiction of Gabriel's entrance make Mary an object of sexual advance and also sexual violence in a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2018]
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Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2018, Volume: 137, Issue: 3, Pages: 701-710 |
| Further subjects: | B
GABRIEL (Archangel)
B sexual assault B Christianity B MARY, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Annunciation B Biblical Literalism |
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| Summary: | In this critical note I examine sexually violent biblical language and motifs that Luke includes in his annunciation narrative. Specifically, I show that Luke's introduction of Mary and his depiction of Gabriel's entrance make Mary an object of sexual advance and also sexual violence in a manner common in the LXX. Moreover, I argue that Gabriel's greeting to Mary and Mary's self-nomination as a slave further reinforce this violence. Sexually violent biblical language and tableaux are, I conclude, one manifestation of Luke's sustained biblical allusiveness early in his gospel. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1373.2018.412783 |