The Corinthian body /

Martin, Dale B., 1954-

The Corinthian body / Dale B. Martin. - New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1995. - xviii, 330 p. ; pbk ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-321) and indexes.

Hierarchy --
The Body in Greco-Roman Culture --
The Rhetoric of the Body Politic --
The Body's Economy --
Tongues of Angels in the Body of Christ --
The Resurrected Body --
Pollution --
The Body, Disease, and Pollution --
Sex, Food, and the Pollution of the Corinthian Body --
The Dangers of Desire --
Prophylactic Veils.

0300062052 (alk. paper)

94044947


Bible.--Corinthians, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Human body--Religious aspects.
Human body in literature.
Civilization, Greco-Roman.

BS2675.6.B63 / M37 1995

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