‘Short in Stature’: Luke's Physical Description of Zacchaeus
Luke's physical description of Zacchaeus as ‘short in stature’ is usually given scant attention in the scholarly literature. The reference is illuminated, however, when read in light of the ‘physiognomic consciousness’ that permeated the ancient world and the rhetorical practice of using physic...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2001
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New Testament studies
Year: 2001, Volume: 47, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-57 |
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