Entangled Tongues: A Poststructuralist and Postcolonial Reading of Acts 2:1-13

This essay explores the meaning of the word glōssa, the tongue, in Acts. The focus of my study will be Acts 2:1-13, the Pentecost narrative, where the reader first interacts with tongues of fire and with the experience of glossolalia, speaking in tongues. I read this passage exegetically (but playfu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christy Cobb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Sheffield 2022-07-01
Series:Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies
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Online Access:https://jibs.group.shef.ac.uk/cobb-entangled-tongues/