Simulating Christ: luke and John, and the canonical control of meaning
Aichele, George
10.4225/03/5901545575d1e
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Simulating_Christ_luke_and_John_and_the_canonical_control_of_meaning/4923323
I examine the effect that the 'synopsis' between the gospels of Luke and John have on the New Testament's intertextual construction of 'Jesus Christ'. I draw particularly on the theories of Deleuze and of Barthes. I conclude that Luke and John, in combination with the letters of Paul, form a simulacrum of Christ that overwhelms and absorbs any divergences that may appear in the other gospels. This in turn plays a large part in defining the Christian 'Gospel' as a theological/ideological construct.
Copyright 2008 George Aichele. No part of this article may be reproduced by any means without the written consent of the publisher.
2017-04-27 01:33:25
monash:110403
10.2104/bc080003
1832-3391
Luke
1959.1/789076
journal article
New Testament
Jesus
Gospel
John