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Incorruptible bodies : Christology, society, and authority in late antiquity / Yonatan Moss.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Christianity in late antiquity ; 1.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9780520964341 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 273.6 23
LOC classification:
  • BT198 .M67 2017
Online resources: Summary: In the early sixth-century eastern Roman empire, anti-Chalcedonian leaders Severus of Antioch and Julian of Halicarnassus debated the nature of Jesus's body: was it corruptible prior to its resurrection from the dead? Viewing the controversy in light of late antiquity's multiple images of the 'body of Christ,' Yonatan Moss reveals the underlying political, ritual, and cultural stakes and the long-lasting effects of this fateful theological debate.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the early sixth-century eastern Roman empire, anti-Chalcedonian leaders Severus of Antioch and Julian of Halicarnassus debated the nature of Jesus's body: was it corruptible prior to its resurrection from the dead? Viewing the controversy in light of late antiquity's multiple images of the 'body of Christ,' Yonatan Moss reveals the underlying political, ritual, and cultural stakes and the long-lasting effects of this fateful theological debate.

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