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Author(s): István Czachesz
ISBN(s): 9781844657414, 1844657418
Edition: 1
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Year: 2012
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1844657418 
ISBN 13: 9781844657414
Author: Istvan Czachesz

Early Christian apocryphal and conical documents present us with grotesque images of the human body, often combining the playful and humorous with the repulsive, and fearful. First to third century Christian literature was shaped by the discourse around and imagery of the human body. This study analyses how the iconography of bodily cruelty and visceral morality was produced and refined from the very start of Christian history. The sources range across Greek comedy, Roman and Jewish demonology, and metamorphosis traditions. The study reveals how these images originated, were adopted, and were shaped to the service of a doctrinally and psychologically persuasive Christian message.

The Grotesque Body in Early Christian Literature Hell Scatology and Metamorphosis 1st Table of contents:

Part I Hell

Chapter 1 Grotesque Bodies in the Christian Underworld

  • Sins and Punishments

  • The Grotesque Image of Hell

  • Pregnant Death

  • Notes

Chapter 2 Torture in Hell and Reality

  • Sins in the Apocalypse of Paul

  • Punishments in Hell: Imagination and Reality

  • Conclusion

  • Notes

Chapter 3 Body and Morality

  • The Egyptian Book of the Dead and the Am-duat

  • Belief in Psychological Functions after Death

  • Explaining Moral Behavior

  • The Underworld as a Scene of Moral Struggle

  • Notes

Chapter 4 The Bride of the Demon

  • Narrative Analysis: Plot, Rhetoric, and Characterization

  • Ancient Literary Parallels

  • Typological Interpretation

  • Notes

Part II Scatology

Chapter 5 Deviance Labeling: The Politics of the Grotesque

  • Introduction

  • Understanding Conflict

  • The Challenge–Response Game

  • Deviance Labeling

  • Christians as Deviants

  • Simon as a Labeler

  • Peter as a Deviant?

  • Challenge and Response

  • Christians as Deviants: Summary

  • Christians as Labelers

  • Ananias, Sapphira, and Rufina as Deviants

  • Simon as a Deviant

  • The Politics of the Grotesque

  • Notes

Chapter 6 Scatological Humor

  • Scatological Humor in the Acts of Peter and the Acts of Andrew

  • Scatology in the Old Testament

  • Scatological Humor in Greek and Roman Literature

  • The Significance of Scatological Humor in Early Christian Rhetoric

  • Notes

Part III Metamorphoses

Chapter 7 Polymorphy

  • Toward a Definition of Polymorphy

  • Polymorphic Figures in the Apocryphal Acts

  • Crossing the Boundaries

  • Notes

Chapter 8 Speaking Asses and Other Devoted Animals

  • Speaking Asses in the Acts of Thomas

  • Jesus’ Entry to Jerusalem

  • The Ass Novel

  • Ὄvoς ἄγει μυστήρια

  • Psychological Considerations about Speaking Animals

  • Notes

Chapter 9 Metamorphoses of Christ

  • Jesus Appears as an Eagle

  • Homer as a Source of Bird Metamorphoses

  • Christ’s Metamorphoses in Early Christian Literature

  • Metamorphosis: Psychological Considerations

  • Notes

Chapter 10 Counterintuitiveness and Embodiment: The Grotesque in Cognitive Perspective

  • Violating Expectations: Counterintuitive Ideas

  • Metamorphosis and the Mind

  • Emotional Effects

  • Conclusion: Toward a Cognitive Theory of the Grotesque

  • Notes

Chapter 11 Epilogue

  • Learning from the Earthquake

  • The Grotesque Body: Historical Considerations

  • Notes

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