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The Corinthian body /

In this intriguing discussion of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, Dale Martin contends that Paul's various disagreements with the Corinthians were the result of a fundamental conflict over the ideological construction of the human body. According to Martin, most Corinthian Christian...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martin, Dale B., 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1995.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hierarchy
  • The body in Greco-Roman culture
  • The rhetoric of the body politic
  • The body's economy
  • Tongues of angels in the body of Christ
  • The resurrected body
  • Pollution
  • The body, disease, and pollution
  • Sex, food, and the pollution of the Corinthian body
  • The dangers of desire
  • Prophylactic veils.