Athanasius’un Erken Aryanizm ile Mücadelede Cinsiyeti ve “Hadım” Sözcüğünü Polemik Amaçlı Kullanımı

Birçok araştırmacı geç antik dönemin değişimini vedevamlılığını araştırmaktadır. Bu dönemde, Aryanlargibi heretik dini gruplar kendilerini Hristiyan olarakadlandırdıklarından Hristiyanlık anlayışına tehditoluşturmuşlardır. Aslına bakılırsa, ilim dünyasıbirbirine muhalif bu iki grubun Hristiyanlıkanlayışının gelişimindeki rolünü anlamakta geçkalmıştır. Bu çalışmada Aryanların adetleri veteolojisini Athanasius’un temel görüşünden ayırtetmek için erken dönem Hristiyan cinsiyet kullanımıincelenmektedir. Yine bu çalışma Aryanizm’dehadımların niçin hoş karşılandıklarını ve İskenderiyepiskoposu Athanasius’un Hristiyanlık kimliğinikorumak için rakipleriyle nasıl mücadele ettiğini elealınmaktadır. Ayrıca geç antik dönemdeki hadımlarıntarihinde yer alan boşluğu doldurmayıamaçlamaktadır.

ATHANASIUS’ POLEMICAL USE OF GENDER AND THE WORD“EUNUCH” TO COMBAT EARLY ARIANISM

Several scholars have researched the change andcontinuity of the late antiquity world. During thisperiod, heretical religious groups, such as theArians, were threats to the identity ofmainstream Christianity since both groups calledthemselves Christians. Indeed, scholarship hasshown how closely contested these two groupswere in hindsight in the development of“mainstream” Christianity. This paper looks atthe early Christian use of gender, namely fromAthanasius, to differentiate Arian practices andtheology from his mainstream viewpoint. Itargues why eunuchs were welcomed to Arianismand how Athanasius, the bishop of Alexandria,countered his opponents’ advances to protectChristianity’s identity. In the process, this paperalso fills a lacuna in the history of eunuchsduring Late Antiquity.

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