{"product_id":"appalling-bodies-queer-figures-before-and-after-pauls-letters-paperback","title":"Appalling Bodies: Queer Figures Before and After Paul's Letters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph A. Marchal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe letters of Paul are among the most commonly cited biblical texts in ongoing cultural and religious disputes about gender, sexuality, and embodiment. \u003cem\u003eAppalling Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e reframes these uses of the letters by reaching past Paul toward other, far more fascinating figures that appear before, after, and within the letters. The letters repeat ancient stereotypes about women, eunuchs, slaves, and barbarians--in their Roman imperial setting, each of these overlapping groups were cast as debased, dangerous, and complicated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph Marchal presents new ways for us to think about these dangers and complications with the help of queer theory. \u003cem\u003eAppalling Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e juxtaposes these ancient figures against recent figures of gender and sexual variation, in order to defamiliarize and reorient what can be known about both. The connections between the marginalization and stigmatization of these figures troubles the history, ethics, and politics of biblical interpretation. Ultimately, Marchal assembles and reintroduces us to\u003cem\u003e Appalling Bodies\u003c\/em\u003e from then and now, and the study of Paul's letters may never be the same.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph A. Marchal \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Religious Studies and affiliate faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at Ball State University. Marchal is the author and editor of ten books, most recently: \u003cem\u003eAfter the Corinthian Women Prophets: Reimagining Rhetoric and Power\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), \u003cem\u003eBodies on the Verge: Queering Pauline Epistles\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), \u003cem\u003eSexual Disorientations: Queer Temporalities, Affects, Theologies \u003c\/em\u003e(2018), and \u003cem\u003ePhilippians: Historical Problems, Hierarchical Visions, Hysterical Anxieties\u003c\/em\u003e (2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9.32 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52742435209523,"sku":"9780197668962","price":90.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OWZrZHJVUExWeGo3UytTcEpDQVYvQT09.webp?v=1764122328","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/appalling-bodies-queer-figures-before-and-after-pauls-letters-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}