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

By:

Parsons, Mikeal C. (Mikeal Carl), 1957-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2006.Description: 191 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

080102885X
9780801028854

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DDC classification:

226.406 22

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
E-Book	Reformational Study Centre General library	226.406 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available
Book	Reformational Study Centre General library	226.406 PARS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		RSC013755

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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