Incorruptible Bodies

Christology, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-520-28999-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 496 g

Reihe: Christianity in Late Antiquity

In the early sixth-century eastern Roman empire, anti-Chalcedonian leaders Severus of Antioch and Julian of Halicarnassus debated the nature of Jesus's body: Was it corruptible prior to its resurrection from the dead? Viewing the controversy in light of late antiquity’s multiple images of the ‘body of Christ,’ Yonatan Moss reveals the underlying political, ritual, and cultural stakes and the long-lasting effects of this fateful theological debate. Incorruptible Bodies combines sophisticated historical methods with philological rigor and theological precision, bringing to light an important chapter in the history of Christianity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moss, Yonatan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Spätantike
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction: Dissension among the Dissenters

1. Holy Flesh: Th e Christological Debate

2. Body Politics: Rethinking the Body of Christ

3. Th e Food of In/corruption: Liturgical Aspects of the Debate

4. Th e Body of the Fathers: Textual Tradition and Exegetical Authority

Conclusion: Severus Transformed

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yonatan Moss is a scholar at the Martin Buber Society of Fellows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he teaches in the Department of Comparative Religion.