Exalting in indistinctions -- Mimetic Theory and Literary Study

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Date Posted: 05:27:49 02/19/08 Tue
Author: Betsy Peters
Subject: Exalting in indistinctions

Throughout the book of Luke, I noted various places where Luke records the blurring or distinctions. Some of these example prove positive. When Mary visits Elizabeth she sings, "He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. He has put down the might from their thrones. He has exalted the lowly." Likewise, when Jesus starts perfroming miracles incredible numbers of fish, which properly belong in the water, come out of the waters (Luke 5) while pigs, the land animals, jump into the water (Luke 7). Dead are raised. The lame, blind, and leprous re-enter society. Can the gospel's message destory distinctions while still avoiding the cycle of mimetic violence? Is this the indistinction of the kingdom of heaven as described by Pearl? Where each is the most exalted king or queen of heaven?

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