The Sacred Community

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

Epilogue

Appendix: Abbreviations from the Progymnasmata