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Incorruptible Bodies

Christology, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity

Incorruptible Bodies

Christology, Society, and Authority in Late Antiquity

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Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 9780520418356
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 08/04/2025
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
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. Incorruptible Bodies combines sophisticated historical methods with philological rigor and theological precision, bringing to light an important chapter in the history of Christianity.
Contents

Acknowledgments 
List of Abbreviations 

Introduction: Dissension among the Dissenters 

1. Holy Flesh: Th e Christological Debate 
2. Body Politics: Rethinking the Body of Christ 
3. Th e Food of In/corruption: Liturgical Aspects of the Debate 
4. Th e Body of the Fathers: Textual Tradition and Exegetical Authority 
Conclusion: Severus Transformed 

Notes 
Bibliography 
Index
 

Yonatan Moss

Yonatan Moss is a scholar at the Martin Buber Society of Fellows at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he teaches in the Department of Comparative Religion.