Within the larger rubric of physiognomics, this dissertation will study one specific physical marker in particular---blindness. As we study the ancient sources,

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Louise J. Lawrence presents provocative re-interpretations of biblical characters that have previously been sidelined and stigmatised on account of their percei

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In Acts, the third of eighteen volumes in the Paideia commentary series, leading biblical scholar Mikeal Parsons gleans fresh theological insight into Acts by a