Incorruptible Bodies: Christology, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity Volume 1

by Yonatan Moss

Book Overview

In the early sixth-century eastern Roman empire, anti-Chalcedonian leaders Severus of Antioch and Julian of Halicarnassus debated the nature of Jesus's body: Was it corruptible prior to its resurrection from the dead? Viewing the controversy in light of late antiquity's multiple images of the 'body of Christ, ' Yonatan Moss reveals the underlying political, ritual, and cultural stakes and the long-lasting effects of this fateful theological debate....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520418352
• ISBN13: 9780520418356
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 264 Pages