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"Asking the Other Question": An Intersectional Approach to Galatians 3:28 and the Colossian Household Codes

"Asking the Other Question": An Intersectional Approach to Galatians 3:28 and the Colossian... Biblical Interpretation 18 (2010) 364-389 brill.nl/bi Biblical Interpretation orn © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/156851510X517591 “Asking the Other Question”: An Intersectional Approach to Galatians 3:28 and the Colossian Household Codes Marianne Bjelland Kartzow University of Oslo Abstract is article pays attention to hierarchical reasoning and argues that the Roman Empire at the advent of Christianity was indeed a context of cultural complexity. I suggest that “intersectionality,” developed within recent race and gender research, may be the most fruitful way to investigate such complexity. e method of “asking the other question” provides tools to understand how various hierarchies produce ambiguous and negotiable identities. Cross-cutting ties, multiple loyalties, and diverse combinations of identities were elements of ancient discourses. Hierarchies overlapped and social categories did not operate in isolation but interacted with and influenced each other. Against this background I will interpret the relationship pairs in the Colossian household codes, by means of Gal. 3:28 and in dialogue with the Greek papyrus fragment Acta Isidori . Instead of paying attention to one of the relationship pairs in isolation (man/woman, slave/free, etc.), as is most common in commentaries, I ask how various categories interact and mutually construct each other. Finally http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biblical Interpretation Brill

"Asking the Other Question": An Intersectional Approach to Galatians 3:28 and the Colossian Household Codes

Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland
Biblical Interpretation , Volume 18 (4-5): 364 – Jan 1, 2010
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Biblical Interpretation 18 (2010) 364-389 brill.nl/bi Biblical Interpretation orn © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI: 10.1163/156851510X517591 “Asking the Other Question”: An Intersectional Approach to Galatians 3:28 and the Colossian Household Codes Marianne Bjelland Kartzow University of Oslo Abstract is article pays attention to hierarchical reasoning and argues that the Roman Empire at the advent of Christianity was indeed a context of cultural complexity. I suggest that “intersectionality,” developed within recent race and gender research, may be the most fruitful way to investigate such complexity. e method of “asking the other question” provides tools to understand how various hierarchies produce ambiguous and negotiable identities. Cross-cutting ties, multiple loyalties, and diverse combinations of identities were elements of ancient discourses. Hierarchies overlapped and social categories did not operate in isolation but interacted with and influenced each other. Against this background I will interpret the relationship pairs in the Colossian household codes, by means of Gal. 3:28 and in dialogue with the Greek papyrus fragment Acta Isidori . Instead of paying attention to one of the relationship pairs in isolation (man/woman, slave/free, etc.), as is most common in commentaries, I ask how various categories interact and mutually construct each other. Finally

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Published: Jan 1, 2010

Keywords: HOUSEHOLD CODES; GALATIANS 3:28; HIERARCHICAL REASONING; CULTURAL COMPLEXITY; INTERSECTIONALITY

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