TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parsons,Mikeal Carl
TI  - Body and character in Luke and Acts: the subversion of physiognomy in early Christianity 
SN  - 080102885X (pbk.)
AV  - BS2589 .P36 2006
U1  - 226.4/06 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Grand Rapids, MI
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Bible
KW  - Luke
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Acts
KW  - Physiognomy
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006018086.html
ER  -