Mi bodi henge with thi bodi neiled o rode
The gendering of the Pauline concept of crucifixion with Christ in medieval devotional prose for women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3944622 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Innes-Parker (Department of English, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4P3, (e-mail), Catherine Innes‐parker (University of Prince Edward Island, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-61 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000842989902800105 |
| OpenAlex | W2017328663 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This article explores the implications of gendering biblical texts through an examination of the use of the Pauline concept of crucifixion with Christ in the group of 13th-century texts known as the Katherine Group. Written for an audience of female religious recluses or anchoresses, these texts tie the image of being crucified with Christ to the spousal metaphor of the soul as the bride of Christ, figuring the anchoress's re-enactment of the incarnation and the crucifixion in profoundly feminine terms. The results are ambiguous: female flesh is transformed and empowered, yet this empowerment is tied to images of suffering and penance. This equivocal outcome has significant ramifications for feminist scholarship as we explore the implications of gendered language in the analysis and translation of biblical texts
Art · Body of Christ · Flesh · Incarnation · Literature · Metaphor · Sociology · Soul · Theology · Early Modern Women Writers · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |