Incorruptible Bodies: Christology, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity

255 Pages·2016·1.34 MB·English

by  Yonatan Moss

Incorruptible Bodies
Christology, Society, and Authority
in Late Antiquity
Yonatan Moss
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Incorruptible Bodies
CHRISTIANITY IN LATE ANTIQUITY
THE OFFICIAL BOOK SERIES OF THE NORTH
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1. Incorruptible Bodies: Christology, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity, by Yonatan Moss
Incorruptible Bodies
Christology, Society, and Authority
in Late Antiquity
Yonatan Moss
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Moss, Yonatan, author.
Title: Incorruptible bodies : Christology, society, and authority in late
antiquity / Yonatan Moss.
Description: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] |
“2016 | Series: Christianity in late antiquity ; 1 | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifi ers: LCCN 2015035769| isbn 9780520289994 (cloth : alk. paper) |
isbn 9780520964341 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Jesus Christ—Person and offi ces—History—To 1500. |
Jesus Christ—History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30–600. | Severus, of
Antioch, approximately 465–538. | Julianus, Bishop of Halicarnassus, active
6th century. | Church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30–600.
Classifi cation: LCC BT198 .M67 2016 | DDC 273/.6—dc23
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To the Christians of Iraq and Syria,
who currently walk in the valleys of the shadows of death.
.ܝܡܥ ܬܢܐܕ ܠܛܡ ܐܬܫܝܒ ܢܡ ܠܚܕܐ ܠܐ .ܐܬܘܡ ܝܠܠܛ̈ ܝܠܚ̈ ܢܒ ܟܠܗܐ ܢܦܐ
May you soon see light.
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contents
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xiii
Introduction: Dissension among the Dissenters 1
1. Holy Flesh: Th e Christological Debate 21
2. Body Politics: Rethinking the Body of Christ 44
3. Th e Food of In/corruption: Liturgical Aspects of the Debate 75
4. Th e Body of the Fathers: Textual Tradition and Exegetical Authority 106
Conclusion: Severus Transformed 141
Notes 153
Bibliography 223
Index 241
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abbreviations
ACO Eduard Schwartz, ed. Acta conciliorum oecumenico-
rum. Berlin and Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter, 1914–71.
CCSG Corpus Christianorum: Series graeca. Turnhout and
Leuven: Brepols, 1977–.
CCSL Corpus Christianorum: Series latina. Turnhout and
Leuven: Brepols, 1953–.
CCT Aloys Grillmeier (with Th eresia Hainthaler). Christ in
Christian Tradition. Trans. John Bowden, Pauline
Allen, and John Cawte. 2nd rev. ed. 2 vols. in 4.
London: Mowbrays, 1975–96.
CHRC Church History and Religious Culture
CL Ernest W. Brooks, ed. and trans. Collection of Letters of
Severus of Antioch. PO 12 and 14. Paris: Firmin-Didot,
1915, 1920.
Coll. Avell. Otto Guenther, ed. Epistulae imperatorum pontifi cum
aliorum inde ab a. CCCLXVII usque ad a. DLII datae
Avellana quae dicitur collectio. 2 vols. Prague and
Vienna: F. Tempsky, 1895, 1898.
Contra impium gramm. Joseph Lebon, ed. Severi Antiocheni liber contra
impium grammaticum. 3 vols. in 6. CSCO 93–94,
101–102, 111–112. Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1952.
CPG M. Geerard [and J. Noret], ed. Clavis patrum
graecorum. 5 vols. Turnhout: Brepols, 1974–87, 1998,
2003.
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