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Title

The Bible as a Dangerous Text (?): Reading and Misreading the Gospel in 'God Rest You Merry, Gentleman

Author

Kevin R. West

Document Type

Essay

Citation

West, Kevin R. "The Bible as a Dangerous Text (?): Reading and Misreading the Gospel in 'God Rest You Merry, Gentleman.'" In Literary Depictions of Dangerous Reading: Textual Dangers 138-42. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.

Annotation

Chapter section demonstrates how the story constructs the Bible, specifically Matthew 19:12, as dangerous based on its effects upon the young man who castrates himself in a quest for "eunuch-hood."

Published in

Literary Depictions of Dangerous Reading: Textual Dangers

Date

2019

Pages

138-142

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