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