Sight and blindness in Luke-Acts : the use of physical features in characterization / by Chad Hartsock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hartsock, Chad.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 94.

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Character--Biblical teaching.

Character.

Blindness in the Bible.

Physiognomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ancient world often thought in terms of physiognomics—the idea that character can be discerned by studying outward, physical features. That physical descriptions carry moral freight in characterization has been largely missed in modern biblical scholarship, and this study brings that to the forefront. Specifically, this is a study of one particular physical marker—blindness. When we look at Greco-Roman literature, a kind of literary topos begins to emerge, a set of assumptions that ancient audiences would typically make when encountering blind characters. Luke-Acts makes use of such a topos in a way that becomes programmatic, serving as a kind of interpretive key to Luke-Acts that is generally unnoticed in modern scholarship.

Contents:

An introduction to physiognomy

Eyes, sight, and blindness : learning to see with physiognomic eyes

Physiognomy and blindness in the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism

Physiognomy and blindness in the New Testament and other early

Physiognomy and blindness in Luke-Acts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39813-X

9786612398131

90-474-3296-7

OCLC:

592756321

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004165359.I-226 DOI