Domestic and public violence in Chrysostom’s community

dc.contributor.authorStander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953-
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-16T12:36:05Z
dc.date.available2018-07-16T12:36:05Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-31
dc.description.abstractPeter Brown describes Late Antiquity as ‘a world characterized by a chilling absence of legal restraints on violence in the exercise of power’. Among numerous studies investigating structural and institutional violence in the ancient world, this article, however, investigates one-on-one violence in private and public spaces in Chrysostom’s community. Chrysostom advises his congregation, for example that should they hear: ’any one in the public thoroughfare, or in the midst of the forum, blaspheming God, they should go up to him, rebuke him, and should it be necessary to inflict blows, they should not spare not to do so (De stat 1.32)’. He also considers instances of spousal violence. In one specific case the neighbours came running to the house in response to the cries and wailing of a wife who was beaten by her husband (Hom. 1 Cor 26.7). Pauline Allen, Wendy Mayer and others have shown how Chrysostom’s writings act as a window affording us a glimpse of social life in the fourth and the 5th century. Although scholars know that Chrysostom would sometimes make very radical comments merely for rhetorical effect, his writings nevertheless shed light upon the role of violence in his community.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAncient Languagesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.indieskriflig.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationStander, H.F., 2017, ‘Domestic and public violence in Chrysostom’s community’, In die Skriflig 51(3), a2099. https://DOI.org/10.4102/ids.v51i3.2099.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1018-6441 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2305-0853 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ids.v51i3.2099
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/65753
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectChrysostom’s communityen_ZA
dc.subjectDomestic violenceen_ZA
dc.subjectPublic violenceen_ZA
dc.subjectOne-on-one violenceen_ZA
dc.subjectSpousal violenceen_ZA
dc.subjectViolence against childrenen_ZA
dc.subjectFlogging of slavesen_ZA
dc.subjectNew Testamenten_ZA
dc.subject.otherHumanities articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.titleDomestic and public violence in Chrysostom’s communityen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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