In this article, two passages in which Jesus encounters women who touch him are juxtaposed with Karen Barad's theory of touch (Luke 7:36–50 and 8:43–49). It is shown that an interpretation in the light of critical posthumanism allows a new perspective on the narrative production of bodies in these texts. In a close reading against the background of other ancient texts, the argument is developed that Jesus and the women in these two passages are intra-acting. They emerge as entangled entities in their encounters. Hierarchies associated with binary oppositions and a tradition of separation between an invisible spiritual and a visible material sphere are thus challenged.

Breu, Clarissa. "Touching the Divine: Intra-action in the Gospel of Luke." Genealogy+Critique 11, no. 1 (2025): 1–17. DOI: 10.16995/gc.18388