{"product_id":"contesting-languages-heteroglossia-and-the-politics-of-language-in-the-early-church-9780197581124","title":"Contesting Languages: Heteroglossia and the Politics of Language in the Early Church","description":"How did the Apostle Paul navigate the language differences in Corinth? In \u003cem\u003eContesting Languages: Heteroglossia and the Politics of Language in the Early Church\u003c\/em\u003e, Ekaputra Tupamahu investigates Corinthian tongue-speech as a site of political struggle. Tupamahu demonstrates that conceptualizing speaking in tongues as ecstatic, unintelligible expressions is an interpretive invention of German romantic-nationalist scholarship. Instead, drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin's theories of language, Tupamahu finds two forces of language at work in the New Testament: a centripetalizing force of monolingualism, which attempts to force heterogeneous languages into a singular linguistic form, and a countervailing centrifugal force that diverse languages unleash. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe city of Corinth in the Roman period was a multilingual city-a sociolinguistic context that Tupamahu argues should be taken seriously when reading Paul's directives concerning Corinthians \"speaking in tongues\". Grounding his reading of the texts in the experiences of immigrants who speak minority languages, Tupamahu reads Paul's prohibition against the use of tongues in public gathering as a form of cultural domination. This book offers a competing social imagination, in which tongues as a heteroglossic phenomenon promises a radically hospitable space and a new socio-linguistic vision marked by unending difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ekaputra Tupamahu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.24w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197581124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEkaputra Tupamahu\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Director of Masters Programs at Portland Seminary. He received his Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christianity from Vanderbilt University. His other writings have appeared in, among others, the \u003cem\u003eJournal for the Study of the New Testament, Bible and Critical Theory\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePneuma\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIndonesian Journal of Theology\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the New Testament editor for the \u003cem\u003eCurrents in Biblical Research\u003c\/em\u003e journal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41066144727155,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":161.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_873fe8d7-f2e7-4d9d-a38e-484a2031f9d6.jpg?v=1698934786","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/contesting-languages-heteroglossia-and-the-politics-of-language-in-the-early-church-9780197581124","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}