Reading bodies: physiognomy as a strategy of persuasion in early Christian discourse

"Callie Callon investigates how some early Christian authors utilized physiognomic thought as rhetorical strategy, particularly with respect to persuasion. Callon shows how this encompassed denigrating theological opponents and forging group boundaries (invective against heretics or defence of...

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Main Author: Callon, Callie (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Bloomsbury International Clark 2019
London Bloomsbury Publishing 2019
In: Library of New Testament studies (597)
Year: 2019
Reviews:[Rezension von: Callon, Callie, Reading bodies : physiognomy as a strategy of persuasion in early Christian discourse] (2021) (Brobst-Renaud, Amanda)
[Rezension von: Callon, Callie, Reading bodies : physiognomy as a strategy of persuasion in early Christian discourse] (2019) (Conway, Colleen M.)
[Rezension von: Callon, Callie, Reading bodies : physiognomy as a strategy of persuasion in early Christian discourse] (2022) (Daniel-Hughes, Carly, 1974 -)
Edition:First edition
Series/Journal:Library of New Testament studies 597
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church / Physiognomy / Identity development
Further subjects:B Rhetoric Religious aspects Christianity
B Thesis
B Physiognomy Religious aspects
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Summary:"Callie Callon investigates how some early Christian authors utilized physiognomic thought as rhetorical strategy, particularly with respect to persuasion. Callon shows how this encompassed denigrating theological opponents and forging group boundaries (invective against heretics or defence of Christians), self-representation to demonstrate the moral superiority of early Christians to Greco-Roman outsiders, and the cultivation of collective self-identity. The work begins with an overview of how physiognomy was used in broader antiquity as a component of persuasion. Callon then examines how physiognomic thought was employed by early Christians and how physiognomic tropes were employed to 'prove' their orthodoxy and moral superiority. Building on the conclusions of the earlier chapters, Callon then focuses on the representation of the physiognomies of early Christian martyrs, before addressing the problem of the acceptance or even promotion of the idea of a physically lacklustre Jesus by the same authors who otherwise utilize traditional physiognomic thought."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. 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. -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0567684407
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9780567684400