Clothing the body of Christ at Colossae
Rosemary Canavan · 2012
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What we think of our bodies and what we wear says something about who we are and how we belong. This was the same in the ancient world. Rosemary Canavan explores the imagery of clothing and body in the first century CE Christian writing. An examination of statuary, funerary monuments and coins in this geographical location contemporaneous with the letter's writing reveals how clothing and body images were understood. This is then placed in dialogue with the metaphorical use of clothing and body in other texts, especially the Letter to the Colossians. Social identity and rhetorical studies draw on archaeological, epigraphical, iconographical and literary sources to formulate a new approach to biblical interpretation aptly named "visual exegesis."
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Series
- Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 334
- Publisher
- Mohr Siebeck
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 247
- ISBN
- 9783161517167
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