Een jong meisje het zwijgen opgelegd?
This article analyses the role of the fortune-telling slave-girl in Acts 16:16-18 from a childist perspective, in order to examine whether the slave-girl could be seen as a child and how her identity and age influence her role in the story. A narrative analysis of Acts 16:16-18 shows that through he...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Dutch |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Amsterdam University Press
2023
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| In: |
Kerk en theologie
Year: 2023, Volume: 74, Issue: 4, Pages: 380-398 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
slave-girl
B liminal space B Identity B Childist perspective |
| Summary: | This article analyses the role of the fortune-telling slave-girl in Acts 16:16-18 from a childist perspective, in order to examine whether the slave-girl could be seen as a child and how her identity and age influence her role in the story. A narrative analysis of Acts 16:16-18 shows that through her identities as a girl, a child, and as diviner, the παιδίσκη inhabits a liminal space that gives her surprising agency for a slave-child and allows her to make readers critical of Luke's narrative and the consequences of Paul’s actions for her. |
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| ISSN: | 2773-1847 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kerk en theologie
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