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Setting the Story of the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26–40) to the Soundtrack of Song of Songs: An Intertextual and Intersectional Performance

In: Biblical Interpretation
Author:
F. Scott Spencer Mechanicsville, Virginia, VA, United States

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Online Publication Date:
11 Aug 2022
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Abstract

This article undertakes an intertextual reading of Acts’s story of the Ethiopian eunuch with Song of Songs, focusing on similar and distinctive aspects of multifaceted characterizations related to sexual identity, social-political status, environmental setting, and religious orientation. This reading highlights two parts of the biblical canon that create limited space for borderline, unconventional persons and practices, particularly pushing normative boundaries pertaining to gender, sexuality, and hierarchy.

Title:
Setting the Story of the Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:26–40) to the Soundtrack of Song of Songs: An Intertextual and Intersectional Performance
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685152-20221708
Language:
English
Pages:
496–517
Keywords:
chariot; desert; eunuch; royalty; sexuality; Song (of Songs); violence; water
In:
Biblical Interpretation
In:
Volume 31: Issue 4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5152
Print ISSN:
0927-2569
Subjects:
Biblical Interpretations, Biblical Studies, General, Religious Studies, Biblical Theology, Theology and World Christianity

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