The Apostle of Failure: Queer Refusal, the Corinthian Letters, and Paulâs Unflattering Characterization in the Acts of Thecla
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This article examines the Acts of Theclaâs unflattering presentation of the character Paul, as part of the reception of Paulâs Corinthian letters into the second century. Informed by feminist and queer biblical interpretations of the Corinthian exchange, it shows how the Acts of Thecla picks up on tensions over authority with Paulâs teachings on baptism, eschatology, and sexual renunciation in its portrait of Paul. Engaging Jack Halberstamâs The Queer Art of Failure, the article suggests that the Acts of Thecla reads Paulâs letters this way in service of the social critique and queer antagonism that it holds up for its second and third century readers. Where Halberstam claims âqueer failureâ as resistance to capitalist profit, reproductive futurity, and neoliberal notions of success today, here Theclaâs story is read as a narrative of refusal in its own time. Paulâs muddled encounters with Thecla, steeped in the Corinthian exchange, it concludes, are central to this ancient tale about being, and improbably surviving, outside and at the edges of imperial, civic, and familial frames.
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The Apostle of Failure: Queer Refusal, the Corinthian Letters, and Paulâs Unflattering Characterization in the Acts of Thecla
äºBiblical InterpretationSearch for other papers by Carly Daniel-Hughes in
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Abstract
This article examines the Acts of Theclaâs unflattering presentation of the character Paul, as part of the reception of Paulâs Corinthian letters into the second century. Informed by feminist and queer biblical interpretations of the Corinthian exchange, it shows how the Acts of Thecla picks up on tensions over authority with Paulâs teachings on baptism, eschatology, and sexual renunciation in its portrait of Paul. Engaging Jack Halberstamâs The Queer Art of Failure, the article suggests that the Acts of Thecla reads Paulâs letters this way in service of the social critique and queer antagonism that it holds up for its second and third century readers. Where Halberstam claims âqueer failureâ as resistance to capitalist profit, reproductive futurity, and neoliberal notions of success today, here Theclaâs story is read as a narrative of refusal in its own time. Paulâs muddled encounters with Thecla, steeped in the Corinthian exchange, it concludes, are central to this ancient tale about being, and improbably surviving, outside and at the edges of imperial, civic, and familial frames.
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| æè¦æµè§æ¬¡æ° | 768 | 191 | 16 |
| å ¨ææµè§æ¬¡æ° | 299 | 32 | 0 |
| PDFä¸è½½æ¬¡æ° | 621 | 79 | 0 |
