Bakhtinian Carnivalesque and Paul’s Foolish and Scandalous Gospel
In this article I read the Pauline gospel through the heuristic prism of Bakhtinian carnivalesque. Such a reading is legitimated by Paul’s acknowledgement that his gospel was a scandal to the Jews and a foolishness to the Greeks (1 Cor. 1.23). As a literary trope carnivalesque can be summarized acco...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2018
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Biblical interpretation
Jahr: 2018, Band: 26, Heft: 3, Seiten: 369-390 |
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Paulus, Apostel, Heiliger
/ Bibel. Paulinische Briefe
/ Theologie
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Paulus Apostel, Heiliger
B Bibel. Korintherbrief 1. 1,23 B Verkündigung |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this article I read the Pauline gospel through the heuristic prism of Bakhtinian carnivalesque. Such a reading is legitimated by Paul’s acknowledgement that his gospel was a scandal to the Jews and a foolishness to the Greeks (1 Cor. 1.23). As a literary trope carnivalesque can be summarized according to the following points: (1) it entails an unhindered interaction between all people; (2) in it otherwise impermissible behaviour is accepted; (3) it is set towards a uniting of opposites; (4) it explores the sacrilegious; and (5) it constitutes a redefinition of the physical and the bodily. In my argument I show that these aspects are all present in the Pauline literature in various ways. Properly defined, Paul’s gospel is carnivalesque. Altogether, my reading serves as a reminder of some of the subversive aspects of his theological narrative. This further allows me to describe parts of his non-representative and apophatic anthropology. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00263P05 |