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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2006.Description: 191 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 080102885X
  • 9780801028854
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 226.406 22
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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.