{"product_id":"slandering-the-jew-sexuality-and-difference-in-early-christian-texts-hardback-9780812245202","title":"Slandering the Jew; Sexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts (Hardback) 9780812245202","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSlandering the Jew\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSexuality and Difference in Early Christian Texts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSusanna Drake (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812245202\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 July 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages, 4 illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.468 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSlandering the Jew\u003c\/i\u003e deepens our understanding of the connectedness between the body, exegesis, and religious identity in the late ancient world.\" (Wendy Mayer, Australian Catholic University)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Christian leaders in the first through fifth centuries embraced ascetic interpretations of the Bible and practices of sexual renunciation, sexual slander-such as the accusations Paul leveled against wayward Gentiles in the New Testament-played a pivotal role in the formation of early Christian identity. In particular, the imagined construct of the lascivious, literal-minded Jew served as a convenient foil to the chaste Christian ideal. Susanna Drake examines representations of Jewish sexuality in early Christian writings that use accusations of carnality, fleshliness, bestiality, and licentiousness as strategies to differentiate the \"spiritual\" Christian from the \"carnal\" Jew. Church fathers such as Justin Martyr, Hippolytus of Rome, Origen of Alexandria, and John Chrysostom portrayed Jewish men variously as dangerously hypersexual, at times literally seducing virtuous Christians into heresy, or as weak and effeminate, unable to control bodily impulses or govern their wives.\u003cbr\u003e As Drake shows, these carnal caricatures served not only to emphasize religious difference between Christians and Jews but also to justify increased legal constraints and violent acts against Jews as the interests of Christian leaders began to dovetail with the interests of the empire. Placing Christian representations of Jews at the root of the destruction of synagogues and mobbing of Jewish communities in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, \u003ci\u003eSlandering the Jew\u003c\/i\u003e casts new light on the intersections of sexuality, violence, representation, and religious identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Making of Carnal Israel: Paul, \u003ci\u003eBarnabas\u003c\/i\u003e, Justin\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Origen Reads Jewishness\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Sexual\/Textual Corruption: Early Christian Interpretations of Susanna and the Elders\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. \"A Synagogue of \u003ci\u003eMalakoi\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePorna\u003c\/i\u003e\": John Chrysostom's \u003ci\u003eSermons against the Jews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555717476632,"sku":"9780812245202","price":41.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/slandering-the-jew-sexuality-and-difference-in-early-christian-texts-hardback-9780812245202","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}