Performing Anathema: Reading ἀνάθεμα ἔστω (Galatians 1:8–9) as Speech-Act and Ritual with the Apostle Paul and the Fourth- and Fifth-Century Church Fathers

In one of his earliest letters, the Apostle Paul twice places a curse upon anyone who does or who might proclaim a gospel to the Galatian church different from he and his comrades had preached (Galatians 1:8-9). This curse took an unprecedented verbal formula: ἀνάθεμα ἔστω. This article argues that,...

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Main Author: Bay, Carson 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Mohr Siebeck 2022
In: Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2022, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 365-392
Further subjects:B Christian Greek
B speech-acttheory
B Epiphanius of Salamis
B Gregory Nazianzen
B Gregory of Nyssa
B Excommunication
B Bishops
B Cursing
B Athanasius of Alexandria
B Cyril of Alexandria
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