Coercive Names: Interpreting Mark 5:1–13 with Althusser’s “Interpellation”

This article addresses a significant lacuna in Markan studies—and specifically in scholarship on Mark 5:1–13—by reading the exorcistic encounter between Jesus and Legion through the hermeneutic lens of Louis Althusser’s interpellation theory. The article shows how interpellation provides a compellin...

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Main Author: Kimmel, Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 3, Pages: 356-373
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Markusevangelium 5 / Interpellation / Legion / Jesus Christus / Name / Zauberpapyri
RelBib Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Names
B Althusser
B Jesus
B Legion
B Greek magical papyri (pgm)
B Interpellation
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