Contesting languages: heteroglossia and the politics of language in the early church
How did the Apostle Paul navigate the language differences in Corinth? In this book, Ekaputra Tupamahu investigates Corinthian tongue-speech as a site of political struggle. Tupamahu demonstrates that conceptualizing speaking in tongues as ecstatic, unintelligible expressions is an interpretive inve...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Tupamahu, Ekaputra, Contesting languages : heteroglossia and the politics of language in the early church] (2023) (Young, Stephen L.)
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| Further subjects: | B
Church history - Primitive and early church
B Paul - the Apostle, Saint B Paul the Apostle, Saint B To 1500 B Glossolalia B Language and languages Political aspects History To 1500 B Language and languages - Political aspects B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 B Language and languages - Religious aspects - Christianity B History B Language and languages Religious aspects Christianity B Greek language, Biblical |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | How did the Apostle Paul navigate the language differences in Corinth? In this book, Ekaputra Tupamahu investigates Corinthian tongue-speech as a site of political struggle. Tupamahu demonstrates that conceptualizing speaking in tongues as ecstatic, unintelligible expressions is an interpretive invention of German romantic-nationalist scholarship. Instead, drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin's theories of language, Tupamahu finds two forces of language at work in the New Testament: a centripetalizing force of monolingualism, which attempts to force heterogeneous languages into a singular linguistic form, and a countervailing centrifugal force that diverse languages unleash |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0197581129 |