Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity

Name: Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity
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by Mikeal C Parsons

Paperback|Jun 2011

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:Early Christianity developed in a world where moral significance was often judged based upon physical appearance alone. Exploring the manifestations of this ancient "science" of physiognomy, Parsons rightly shows how Greco-Roman society, and by consequence the author of Luke...

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:Early Christianity developed in a world where moral significance was often judged based upon physical appearance alone. Exploring the manifestations of this ancient "science" of physiognomy, Parsons rightly shows how Greco-Roman society, and by consequence the author of Luke and Acts, was steeped in this tradition. Luke, however, employs these principles in his writings in order to subvert the paradigm. Using as examples the bent woman (Luke 13), Zacchaeus (Luke 18), the lame man (Acts 3-4), and the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8), Parsons shows that the Christian community-both early and present-day-is established only in the image of Jesus Christ.

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Catalogue Code 501914
Product Code 9781602583801
ISBN 1602583803
EAN 9781602583801
Pages 192
Department Academic
Category Biblical Studies
Sub-Category New Testament
Publisher Baylor University Press
Publication Date Jun 2011
Dimensions 228 x 152 x 11mm
Weight 0.294kg

Mikeal C Parsons

Mikeal C. Parsons (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Kidd L. and Buna Hitchcock Macon Chair in Religion at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He is the author of Body and Character in Luke and Acts, Acts (Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament) and coauthor of Illuminating Luke, Acts: A Handbook on the Greek Text, and Rethinking the Unity of Luke and Acts.