Are Enslaved Children Called to Come to Jesus?: Freeborn and Enslaved Children in John Chrysostom’s On Vainglory
John Chrysostom, circa 349–407 ce , wrote “On Vainglory, or The Right Way to Raise Children,” which purports to be about raising all Christian children. In fact, out of ninety chapters, only one deals with girls. Even more significant are the numerous overlooked children in the text, who are present...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2020, Volume: 28, Issue: 5, Pages: 584-607 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Child
/ Enslavement
/ Criticism
/ John, Chrysostomus 344-407
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBE Anthropology ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
John Chrysostom
B enslaved children B freeborn children B childist criticism B Jesus and children |
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| Summary: | John Chrysostom, circa 349–407 ce , wrote “On Vainglory, or The Right Way to Raise Children,” which purports to be about raising all Christian children. In fact, out of ninety chapters, only one deals with girls. Even more significant are the numerous overlooked children in the text, who are present but whose Christian education is never discussed because they are enslaved. This paper utilizes childist criticism to draw these enslaved children from hiddenness into plain sight. The paper is situated in the context of Jesus’ teaching about children because Chrysostom believes that the best way to raise children is by teaching them stories from the Bible, Hebrew Bible first, then New Testament, but instead of an openness to all children he discusses only freeborn, elite boys. Chrysostom’s treatise exposes the context of how few children in late antiquity could be shaped by biblical interpretation intended for all children. (147 words) |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-2805A004 |