Warren, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-9370-0414 (Accepted: 2023) Bodily Transformation. In: Maier, H., Wendt, H. and Urciuoli, E.R., (eds.) The Oxford Handbook to the New Testament and the Roman Empire. Oxford University Press . (In Press)
Abstract
This chapter approaches the phenomenon of transformation within the New Testament, using Ovid’s Metamorphoses as a starting-off point. The essay examines the transformational experience of pregnancy and childbirth as narrative events and as eschatological metaphors. I also examine the transfiguration event in light of divine epiphanies and the use of light as a marker of divinity in Hellenistic and Roman literature and iconography. The question of how a resurrected body is transformed generally, and Jesus’s ability to transform his own body specifically, are also treated herein.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Oxford University Press. | ||||||
Keywords: | Transformation; Transfiguration; Ovid; Revelation; Pregnancy; Apocalypse; Polymorphy | ||||||
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield | ||||||
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) | ||||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2023 10:36 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2023 10:36 | ||||||
Status: | In Press | ||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
Refereed: | Yes |
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