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Body and character in Luke and Acts : the subversion of physiognomy in early Christianity / Mikeal C. Parsons.

By: Publication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, c2006.Description: 191 p. ; pbk ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 080102885X (pbk.)
  • 9780801028854 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 226.4/06 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2589 .P36 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Soul and body react on each other : body and character in Greek and Roman literature -- 2. The movement of the body is a voice of the soul : body and character in early Jewish and Christian literature -- 3. Your eye is the lamp of your body : Luke and the body-soul relationship -- 4. Ought not this daughter of Abraham be set free? : getting the story of the bent woman straight -- 5. Short in stature, son of Abraham : the height of hospitality in the story of Zacchaeus -- 6. His feet and ankles were made strong : signs of character in the man lame from birth -- 7. What is to prevent me? : ambiguity, acceptance, and the Ethiopian eunuch -- App. Illustrations from the Progymnasmata of Libanius.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-170) and indexes.

1. Soul and body react on each other : body and character in Greek and Roman literature --
2. The movement of the body is a voice of the soul : body and character in early Jewish and Christian literature --
3. Your eye is the lamp of your body : Luke and the body-soul relationship --
4. Ought not this daughter of Abraham be set free? : getting the story of the bent woman straight --
5. Short in stature, son of Abraham : the height of hospitality in the story of Zacchaeus --
6. His feet and ankles were made strong : signs of character in the man lame from birth --
7. What is to prevent me? : ambiguity, acceptance, and the Ethiopian eunuch --
App. Illustrations from the Progymnasmata of Libanius.

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