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Author Glancy, Jennifer A.

Title Corporal knowledge : early Christian bodies / Jennifer A. Glancy
Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages)
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 17, 2020)
Subject Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
11.51 early Christianity.
RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Anthropology.
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Menselijk lichaam.
Leib -- Philosophie -- Geschichte Altertum.
Philosophie -- Leib -- Geschichte Altertum.
Leib -- Christentum -- Geschichte Altertum.
Christentum -- Leib -- Geschichte Altertum.
Körper -- Philosophie -- Geschichte Altertum.
Philosophie -- Körper -- Geschichte Altertum.
Körpererfahrung.
Frühchristentum.
Form Electronic book
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