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Corporal knowledge : early Christian bodies / Jennifer A. Glancy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glancy, Jennifer A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human body--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Human body.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- At the heart of the Christian proclamation is the problematic body of Jesus: problematic because His crucified form conveyed shame rather than glory, problematic because Christian communities argued about whether Jesus' body shared in the corruptible and tactile qualities of other human bodies.
- Contents:
- What she knew in her body: an introduction
- Boasting of beatings (2 Corinthians 11:23-25)
- Embodying slavery from Paul to Augustine
- Mary in childbirth.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-974534-X
- OCLC:
- 638332197
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