Reading bodies : physiognomy as a strategy of persuasion in early Christian discourse /: physiognomy as a strategy of persuasion in early Christian discourse. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Callie Callon.
• Authors: Callon, Callie
• Contents: AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Chapter One: Overview of Ancient Physiognomy and the State of the Question 2. Chapter Two: The Physiognomy of a Heretic: Physiognomic Polemic as a Component of Persuasion in Demarcating "Insiders" and "Outsiders". 3. Chapter Three: The Physiognomy of the (Ideal) Early Christian. 4. Chapter Four: The Physiognomy of a Martyr. 5. Chapter Five: 'He Had Neither Form Nor Beauty': The Physiognomic Curiosity of The Negative Descriptions of the Physical Appearance of Jesus. ConclusionsBibliographyAuthor IndexSubject Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 230.019; Physiognomy -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567684424; 9780567684394
• Related ISBNs: 9780567684387
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