Nailing Down and Tying Up: Lessons in Intertextual Impossibility from the Martyrdom of Polycarp
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This paper addresses scholarly approaches to the function of allusions and intertextuality in the Martyrdom of Polycarp. It argues that scholarship on this question has operated with and been hampered by unspoken assumptions about the historicity and authenticity of the account, the development of canon, the use of scriptural sources, and the function of allusions. Attention to the function of intertextuality in the account reveals both that it is difficult to identify concretely the sources of the account and that, as a result, it is impossible to speak authoritatively about the author’s intent with respect to the use of these sources.
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Joseph Barber Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (London: Macmillan and Company, 1889), 1.614, emphasis original.
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Nailing Down and Tying Up: Lessons in Intertextual Impossibility from the Martyrdom of Polycarp
In: Vigiliae ChristianaeSearch for other papers by Candida R. Moss in
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Abstract
This paper addresses scholarly approaches to the function of allusions and intertextuality in the Martyrdom of Polycarp. It argues that scholarship on this question has operated with and been hampered by unspoken assumptions about the historicity and authenticity of the account, the development of canon, the use of scriptural sources, and the function of allusions. Attention to the function of intertextuality in the account reveals both that it is difficult to identify concretely the sources of the account and that, as a result, it is impossible to speak authoritatively about the author’s intent with respect to the use of these sources.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 342 | 91 | 9 |
| Full Text Views | 190 | 2 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 144 | 10 | 3 |
