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Body and Character in Luke and Acts: The Subversion of Physiognomy in Early Christianity
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| #2777563 in Books | Baker Academic | 2006-12-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .57 x6.12 x8.94l,.60 | File type: PDF | 192 pages | ||1 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Exellent!|By M. Bagwell|One of the best books on this unusual subject that I've ever read.
I recommend it to anyone studying Luke-Acts.|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| God penetrates outward appearances to see the heart|By Craig Crosswise|It has been said that one should not judge a book by its cov||"Not many books really break new ground. This one does. Parsons cast Luke's descriptions of the bent woman, Zacchaeus, the lame man, and the Ethiopian eunuch in a new light and shows how the gospel radically challenges cultural conventions and speaks a word of
In the ancient world, it was commonly believed that outward appearance provided clues to inner character. The "science" relating physical appearance to moral character is called physiognomy. Mikeal Parsons shows how a number of interesting episodes in Luke and Acts draw upon physiognomy only to subvert it. For example, short physical stature was an indicator of small-mindedness. After his encounter with Jesus, Zacchaeus is still short physically; however, his small-minde...
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