عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA126564
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Contested Spaces and Contested Meanings in the Acts of Thomas
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
William "Chip" Gruen
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Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The agonistic character of the Apocryphal Acts literature has been well documented. The vast majority of these traditions revolve around the apostolic figure battling both demonic and human adversaries. The Acts of Thomas is no exception, showing the protagonist as Christian hero par-excellence, navigating both cosmological and theological adversaries, always emerging triumphant. Beyond the narration of these competitions themselves, however, the reader also witnesses Thomas navigating different places and spaces in his journeys. The dichotomies of deserted/inhabited, public/private, sacred/profane, domestic/communal are all encountered and their meanings adjudicated through the apostolic competitions. This paper will use spatiality theory to interrogate the use of these narrative topoi. In so doing, the role of space will not only be explored in these imagined places of the Acts of Thomas, but implications for the lived experience of the community will be investigated. The agonistic character of the Apocryphal Acts literature has been well documented. The vast majority of these traditions revolve around the apostolic figure battling both demonic and human adversaries. The Acts of Thomas is no exception, showing the protagonist as Christian hero par-excellence, navigating both cosmological and theological adversaries, always emerging triumphant. Beyond the narration of these competitions themselves, however, the reader also witnesses Thomas navigating different places and spaces in his journeys. The dichotomies of deserted/inhabited, public/private, sacred/profane, domestic/communal are all encountered and their meanings adjudicated through the apostolic competitions. This paper will use spatiality theory to interrogate the use of these narrative topoi. In so doing, the role of space will not only be explored in these imagined places of the Acts of Thomas, but implications for the lived experience of the community will be investigated.
SET
Date of Publication
2014
Physical description
219-233
Title
Religion and Theology
Volume Number
20/3-4
International Standard Serial Number
1574-3012
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Acts of Thomas
Subject Term
animal
Subject Term
heterodoxy
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place
Subject Term
space
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symbol
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
William "Chip" Gruen
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/15743012-12341260
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مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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