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The Social Significance of the Sacralized Body in The Epistle to the Romans: Pauline Subversion of Cultural Constructions of Human Worth
Bay, Erin StuartThe hierarchical stratification of Greco-Roman culture emphasized corporeal features as integral to maintaining social status. The elite body was protected from physical and sexual assault; the servile or low-status body ...