Slavery, Gender, Truth, and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives

Cobb, Christy

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“…2. Hermed afskaerer kommentaren sig fra at tage nyere erkendelser i betragtning, for de er netop sket inden for studier af eksempelvis "masculinity" (fx Wilson 2015), "slaves" (Cobb 2019) , "disability" (fx Garrett 1989;Weissenrieder 2003;Lawrence 2013), "gender" (fx Levine 2002; Jacob 2015) o.lign.…”

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Lukas’ evangelium, fortolket af Niels Willert

Nielsen

2024

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The article reviews Niels Willert’s commentary on the Gospel of Luke. On the one hand, the book presents a solid traditional analysis of the gospel. The interpretation lives up to international research. It is welcome in a Danish context and will be of benefit for many readers of the New Testament. On the other hand, it has a provocative profile and challenges accepted views. It promotes controversial ideas: It sees Luke-Acts as one single work in two volumes. It dates the Lukan writings extremely late, i.e. 120-140. It adheres to the Farrer-hypothesis concerning the synoptic problem. It takes the Gospel of John to be among Luke’s sources. These ideas are discussed critically in the review, and arguments are raised against the late dating and the relation to the Fourth Gospel. However, the conclusion is that these hypotheses do not affect the exegesis of the individual pericopes. Therefore, the commentary is warmly recommended for all serious readers of the Gospel of Luke.

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Lukas’ evangelium, fortolket af Niels Willert

Nielsen

2024

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“…His discourse on dialogue omits the inclusion of women, and he fails to represent female perspectives within dialogic exchanges. While Bakhtin's theoretical constructs do make room for marginalized voices, as seen in the concept of carnival, many Western scholars hold the view that women and their voices are excluded both from Bakhtin's discussions and his overarching theoretical framework (Cobb, 2019).…”

Section: Interpretation Of Bakhtinian Concepts In Feminist Theorymentioning

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Understanding the Interpretation of Bakhtin’s Ideas in Feminist Theory

Gasparyan

2023

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In recent years, M. Bakhtin's concepts have garnered increasing recognition in Western academic circles, finding applications in diverse fields ranging from linguistics to psychiatry. This belated recognition might appear peculiar without an appreciation for the particular historical context in which Bakhtin's ideas were introduced to the West. Their initial introduction was deeply intertwined with the evolution of feminist theory, feminist criticism, and discussions surrounding gender identity. Notably, the first English rendition of some of Bakhtin's thoughts appeared in Julia Kristeva's “Word, Dialogue and Novel” in 1966, a seminal work in feminist theory. Subsequent to this introduction, for over two decades, Bakhtinian concepts such as “voice”, “dialogism”, “hybrid construction”, “heteroglossia”, and “carnival” were predominantly employed in feminist interpretations by renowned feminist theorists, including J. Kristeva, W. Booth, and D. Bauer. This persisted even after direct translations of Bakhtin's works emerged in the 1980s. For many, this association might appear unexpected and even counterintuitive, given that Bakhtin himself did not address feminist concerns or gender topics directly, nor did he reference female authors in his literary critiques. In this article, I will examine the feminist appropriation of central Bakhtinian notions and explore how Bakhtin's theory offers a fertile ground for feminist interpretive strategies. I further contend that while this feminist embrace significantly propelled the spread of Bakhtinian concepts in the West, it simultaneously restricted their broader adoption by employing them as a “Bakhtinian toolkit” to address theoretical deficiencies and circumvent challenges in feminist theory. Often, this led to a simplistic and reductive understanding of Bakhtinian ideas. Additionally, I posit that this issue stems from a core challenge illuminated by Bakhtin's own work: translations and interpretations of the same ideas across languages are not equivalent, as they are influenced by distinct dialogic systems.

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“…Christy Cobb’s recent work has looked at three enslaved female characters from the narrative of Luke-Acts (Cobb 2019). The enslaved woman in the courtyard sees Peter for who he truly is.…”

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Currents in Biblical Research Slavery and the Enslaved in the Roman World, the Jewish World, and the Synoptic Gospels

Hatter¹

2021

Currents in Biblical Research

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Scholars have recently noted a reluctance in New Testament scholarship to accept and apply the most recent historical scholarship on ancient enslavement to our readings of the biblical texts. The last century has seen developments in historical and classical scholarship that have moved those disciplines away from an understanding of ancient slavery as benevolent and toward a recognition of the institution's violent and coercive nature. A similar movement can be seen in the study of enslavement among first-century Jewish communities, with recent scholars arguing that Jewish enslavement practices were not as uniquely benign as was once thought. In spite of these developments, scholars of the Synoptic Gospels continue to utilize outdated models for understanding slavery in the biblical texts as a benevolent institution. A handful of New Testament scholars are charting a new course, challenging the rest of us to adopt the new historical consensus and to see biblical enslavement for what it was. Allowing these new critical works to lay the foundation for our understanding of slavery as it appears in the Synoptic Gospels will move us away from tired clichés and toward a more accurate picture of the worlds in and behind these texts.

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Slavery, Gender, Truth, and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives

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Lukas’ evangelium, fortolket af Niels Willert

Lukas’ evangelium, fortolket af Niels Willert

Understanding the Interpretation of Bakhtin’s Ideas in Feminist Theory

Currents in Biblical Research Slavery and the Enslaved in the Roman World, the Jewish World, and the Synoptic Gospels

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