RT Article
T1 Amulo, the Adulterata and Bodo
JF The journal of ecclesiastical history
VO 75
IS 1
SP 1
OP 14
A1 Cook, John Granger 1955-
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1876850434
AB Amulo, one of the earliest western witnesses for the Toledot Yeshu, uses ‘adulterata’ to describe the mother of Jesus. Some scholars have claimed that the word ‘adulterata’ implies that she was raped either by force or by deception. Forcible rape is questionable based on a linguistic argument: Latin usage of ‘adultero’, both classical and Christian, normally refers to a woman with the accusative case or the passive voice and distinguishes clearly between adultery and violent rape. It is possible that narratives such as the one about Jesus’ mother played a role in the conversion of the palace deacon Bodo to Judaism.
DO 10.1017/S002204692300091X