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The Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 200–1336
Caroline Walker Bynum
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Paperback. Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. Series: ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 illus. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Bynum examines several periods between the 3rd and 14th centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. She explores the "plethora of ideas about resurrection in patristic and medieval literature--the metaphors, tropes, and arguments in which the ideas were garbed, their context and their consequences," in order to understand human life after death.
Bynum examines several periods between the 3rd and 14th centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual. She explores the "plethora of ideas about resurrection in patristic and medieval literature--the metaphors, tropes, and arguments in which the ideas were garbed, their context and their consequences," in order to understand human life after death.
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
ACLS Lectures on the History of Religions S.
Condition
New
Weight
599g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231081276
SKU
V9780231081276
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About Caroline Walker Bynum
Caroline Walker Bynum is University Professor Emerita at Columbia University and professor emerita of medieval European history at the Institute for Advanced Study. Her books include Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women(1987); Metamorphosis and Identity (2001); Wonderful Blood: Theology and Practice in Late Medieval Northern Germany and Beyond (2007); and Christian Materiality: An ... Read more
Reviews for The Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 200–1336
There are few historians of whom one can say that they have actually shifted some of the landscape of the writing of history in their own generation, but Bynum is one of them. The New Republic Bynum's account is a very impressive and persuasive one... well supported by textual references and by connections she makes between what the ancients wrote ... Read more