a dynamic analysis of the production of gospel texts

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Journal for the Study of Christian Culture

A Dynamic Analysis of the Production ofGospel Texts

HOU Chunlin

Introduction to the authorHOU Chunlin, Associate Professor, School of Chinese Language and Literature,

Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture, Henan University.Email: [email protected]

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Abstract

The Gospel was never a ready-made text, but was formed through an extremely complex, dynamic process, with stages of writing, canonization, copying and revising. In light of the western Marxist theory of Textual Production, the production process of the Gospel can be divided into two periods, according to the different type of production mechanism: manual duplication and mechanical duplication. Analysis shows that whether by manual reproduction or mechanical reproduction the Gospel has been adulterated with a variety of ideological elements during the process of text generation, and subtle changes in the text have exerted a particular ideological effect in history. The confrontation and reconciliation between different ideologies led to a series of important theological disputes, which were important in the construction and shaping of early Christianity, and are vividly seen in the early dynamic formation of the Gospel texts.

Keywords: Gospel, text production theory, ideology, canonization, transmission of ancient text

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2019CXTD006

2017CZX020 [This paper is supported by the following

funds: The 66th Post-doctoral Research Fund Research on the Economic Ideas in the Bible and

Its Mechanism; Philosophy and Social Science Innovation Team Cultivation Program of Henan

University (Project No.: 2019CXTD006); Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project of Henan Province (Project No: 2017CZX020).]

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