Description
Since the 1950s, homoerotic readings of the pericope in which Jesus heals a Roman centurion's slave have been built upon the specific Greek word pais, which can refer to youth, slave, or the junior partner in a sexual relationship between two men; Luke's characterization of the young man as "dear" (entimos) to the centurion; and commonplace homoeroticism in the Roman army. In this book Christopher B. Zeichmann traces shifts in queer readings of the text and the influences of the sexual, political, and theological discourses of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.
Author: Christopher B. Zeichmann
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 10/14/2022
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9781628374544
ISBN10: 1628374543
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | LGBTQ+ Studies | General
- Religion | Biblical Studies | Exegesis & Hermeneutics
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