Diagnosing Deviance
Author | : Andrew M. Langford |
Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 573 |
Release | : 2023-09-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783161616945 |
ISBN-13 | : 3161616944 |
Rating | : 4/5 (944 Downloads) |
Download or read book Diagnosing Deviance written by Andrew M. Langford and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, Andrew M. Langford demonstrates that the single, post-Pauline author of the Pastoral Epistles ("the Pastor") crafts a stigmatizing depiction of his theological opponents by spatializing, demonizing, and pathologizing their alleged deviance. Through close comparative readings of ancient medical and philosophical literature, the author argues for the necessity of interpreting the Pastor's pathologizing of deviance in light of ancient disease etiologies and models of corporeality. With this book, the author contributes to recent interpretive insights about the function of authorial fiction in antiquity and demonstrates that the Pastor is self-consciously appropriating the Pauline epistolary to craft his approach to his theological opponents.