Contesting Languages : Heteroglossia and the Politics of Language in the Early Church / Ekaputra Tupamahu

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tupamahu, Ekaputra, author.

Series:

Oxford Academic

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--New Testament.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

First Edition

Place of Publication:

New York, NY Oxford University Press 2022

Summary:

How did the early followers of Jesus struggle with the many languages around them? This book argues that the idea that speaking tongue(s) is an ecstatic unintelligible phenomenon is an invention of German romantic-nationalist scholarship. It proposes another way of looking at this phenomenon through the lenses of immigration and the politics of language. Tongue(s) is a phenomenon of heteroglossia (the multiplicity of languages) and a site of political contestation. Two forces of language are at work in the New Testament: the centripetal forces of the silencing and unifying structure of monolingualism, and the centrifugal forces of tongue(s) as the heteroglossic gesture of welcoming linguistic others. As a competing social imagination, heteroglossia promises a radical openness and a hospitable space for the others, the foreigners.

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgments - Introduction: When Language Becomes a Site of Struggle - 1. Why on Earth Does "Tongue(s)" Become Ecstatic Speech? - 2. Heteroglossia of Corinth in the Roman Period - 3. Tongue(s) as a Heteroglossic Phenomenon - 4. The Constructed Linguistic Stratification: Prophecy vs. Tongue(s) - 5. The Politicization of Language - 6. Early Responses to Paul - Conclusion - Hospitality - Bibliography - Index - Author Index - Subject Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Tupamahu, Ekaputra Contesting Languages

ISBN:

0-19-758115-3

0-19-758114-5

0-19-758113-7