Body Symbolism in the Bible

by Thomas Staubli, Silvia Schroer, Linda M. Maroney

Many people with illnesses seek healing in religions and practices that are only weakly inculturated among us. Our understanding and use of such foreign wisdom is often just as superficial; but it is easily understood against the background of a centuries-long Christian tradition of interpreting the Bible in a way hostile to the body, particularly the female body. In Body Symbolism in the Bible , Schroer and Staubli offer a better understanding of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814659543
• ISBN13: 9780814659540
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"