RT Book T1 Clothing the body of Christ at Colossae: a visual construction of identity T2 Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament / 2 JF Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament / 2 A1 Canavan, Rosemary 1956- LA English PP Tübingen PB Mohr Siebeck YR 2012 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/68546377X AB 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 NO Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:2012 CN BS2715.6.I33 SN 3161517164 SN 9783161517167 K1 Jesus Christus K1 Bible : Colossians : Social scientific criticism K1 Bibel : Kolosserbrief K1 Bibel : Kolosserbrief : 3,1-17 K1 Clothing and dress : Turkey : Colossae (Extinct city) K1 Social status : Turkey : Colossae (Extinct city) K1 Social classes : Turkey : Colossae (Extinct city) K1 Identity (Psychology) : Religious aspects : Christianity K1 Cities and towns, Ancient : Turkey : Colossae (Extinct city) K1 Church History : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 K1 Christian Sociology : History : Early church, ca. 30-600 K1 Kleidung K1 Leib K1 Christologie K1 Bild K1 Metapher K1 Colossae (Extinct city) : Social life and customs K1 Hochschulschrift