TY - BOOK AU - Parsons, Mikeal Carl, 1957- TI - Body and character in Luke and Acts: he subversion of physiognomy in early Christianity SN - 080102885X U1 - 226.406 PY - 2006/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Baker Academic KW - Acts - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Luke - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Physiognomy - Religious aspects - Christianity. N1 - 1. Soul and body react on each other : body and character in Greek and Roman literature 2. The movement of the body is a voice of the soul : body and character in early Jewish and Christian literature 3. Your eye is the lamp of your body : Luke and the body-soul relationship 4. Ought not this daughter of Abraham be set free? : getting the story of the bent woman straight 5. Short in stature, son of Abraham : the height of hospitality in the story of Zacchaeus 6. His feet and ankles were made strong : signs of character in the man lame from birth 7. What is to prevent me? : ambiguity, acceptance, and the Ethiopian eunuch App. Illustrations from the Progymnasmata of Libanius ER -