Title Divine bodies : resurrecting perfection in the New Testament and early Christianity / Candida R. Moss

Published New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 195 pages) Contents Introduction: the missing piece -- Identity -- Integrity -- Functionality -- Aesthetics -- Conclusion: Imagining beauty and remembering ourselves Summary A path-breaking scholar's insightful reexamination of the resurrection of the body and the construction of the self. When people talk about the resurrection they often assume that the bodies in the afterlife will be perfect. But which version of our bodies gets resurrected--young or old, healthy or sick, real-to-life or idealized? What bodily qualities must be recast in heaven for a body to qualify as both ours and heavenly? The resurrection is one of the foundational statements of Christian theology, but when it comes to the New Testament only a handful of passages helps us answer the question "What will those bodies be like?" More problematically, the selection and interpretation of these texts are grounded in assumptions about the kinds of earthly bodies that are most desirable. Drawing upon previously unexplored evidence in ancient medicine, philosophy, and culture, this illuminating book both revisits central texts--such as the resurrection of Jesus--and mines virtually ignored passages in the Gospels to show how the resurrection of the body addresses larger questions about identity and the self.-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Candida R. Moss is the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham, UK Print version record SUBJECT Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013751 Bible. New Testament fast Bibel Neues Testament gnd Subject Resurrection -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 Self -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 Identity (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History. RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- History. Christian heresies Church history -- Primitive and early church Resurrection Theology, Doctrinal Leiblichkeit Identität Auferstehung Frühchristentum Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Commentaries Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300187632 0300187637

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