Body in Biblical, Christian and Jewish Texts

Joan E. Taylor is the prize-winning author of Christians and the Holy Places, and a leading authority on the Jewish world of Jesus, including women within that world. She is Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism at King's College London, UK.

This is a fascinating collection of essays ... The collection of works by these scholars associated with the King’s College in London offers readers a vivid portrait of current approaches to the interpretation of biblical texts and texts rooted in the biblical world.

• ContentsList of FiguresList of AbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction - Joan E. Taylor, King's College London, UK1: The Body Inscribed: A Priestly Initiative - Sandra Jacobs, King's College London, UK2: Queering the Body: Un-desiring Sex in Leviticus - Steffan Mathias, King's College London, UK3. Ritualized Bodies in the Valley of Dry Bones (Ezek 37.1-14) - Casey Strine, University of Sheffield, UK4. ‘Two by two’: The Ark-etypal Language of Mark’s Apostolic Pairings - Joan Taylor, King's College London, UK5. Jesus’ Gentile healings: The Absence of Physical Contact and the Requirement of Faith - Rebecca Harrocks, King's College London, UK6. ‘This is my Body’: Jewish Blessing or Thyestean Banquet? - Katie Turner, King's College London, UK7. How are the Dead Raised? The Resurrection of the Dead as a Bodily Phenomenon in Second Temple Jewish Writings - Daniel Hayter, King's College London, UK8. Flesh for Franken-whore: Reading Babylon’s Body in Revelation 17 - Michelle Fletcher, King's College London, UK9. Can a Body Change? Josephus’ Attitude to Circumcision and Conversion - Davina Grojnowski, King's College London, UK10. The Acts of Paul and Thecla: Violating the Inviolate Body – Thecla Uncut - Rosie Ratcliffe, King's College London, UK11. The Fire and the Flesh: Self-Destruction of the Male Rabbinic Body - Laliv Clenman, King's College London, UKBibliographyIndex