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What we think of our bodies and what we wear says something about who we are and how we belong. This was the same in the ancient world. Rosemary Canavan explores the imagery of clothing and body in the first century CE Christian writing. An examination of statuary, funerary monuments and coins in this geographical location contemporaneous with the letter's writing reveals how clothing and body images were understood. This is then placed in dialogue with the metaphorical use of clothing and body in other texts, especially the Letter to the Colossians. Social identity and rhetorical studies draw on archaeological, epigraphical, iconographical and literary sources to formulate a new approach to biblical interpretation aptly named "visual exegesis."

Body image --- Clothing and dress --- Social status --- Social classes --- Identity (Psychology) --- Cities and towns, Ancient --- Church history --- Christian sociology --- Image du corps --- Vêtements --- Statut social --- Classes sociales --- Identité (Psychologie) --- Villes antiques --- Eglise --- Sociologie religieuse --- Social aspects --- History --- Religious aspects --- Christianity. --- Aspect social --- Histoire --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- Bible. --- Colossae (Extinct city) --- Colosses (Ville ancienne) --- Social life and customs --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Christianity --- Bible --- Social scientific criticism --- 227.1*6 --- 225.06 --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Geography, Ancient --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Social standing --- Socio-economic status --- Socioeconomic status --- Standing, Social --- Status, Social --- Power (Social sciences) --- Prestige --- Apparel --- Clothes --- Clothing --- Clothing and dress, Primitive --- Dress --- Dressing (Clothing) --- Garments --- Beauty, Personal --- Manners and customs --- Fashion --- Undressing --- Brief van Paulus aan de Colossenzen. Brief van Paulus aan Philemon --- Nieuw Testament: exegese; hermeneutiek--(theorie en methoden) --- Colossians (Book of the New Testament) --- Kolosserbrief (Book of the New Testament) --- Social scientific criticism. --- Turkey --- Social life and customs. --- Antiquities --- 225.06 Nieuw Testament: exegese; hermeneutiek--(theorie en methoden) --- 227.1*6 Brief van Paulus aan de Colossenzen. Brief van Paulus aan Philemon --- Vêtements --- Identité (Psychologie) --- Personal identity --- Personality --- Self --- Ego (Psychology) --- Individuality --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Clothing and dress - Turkey - Colossae (Extinct city) --- Social status - Turkey - Colossae (Extinct city) --- Social classes - Turkey - Colossae (Extinct city) --- Identity (Psychology) - Religious aspects - Christianity --- Cities and towns, Ancient - Turkey - Colossae (Extinct city) --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca 30-600 --- Christian sociology - History - Early church, ca 30-600 --- Colossae (Extinct city) - Social life and customs --- History.