The matter of the text : material engagements between Luke and the five senses /

Elvey, Anne F.

The matter of the text : material engagements between Luke and the five senses / Anne F. Elvey. - Sheffield, England : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2011. - xvii, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Bible in the modern world, 37 1747-9630 ; . - Bible in the modern world 37. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-206) and indexes.

Earth and text -- A material intertextuality -- 'I'm holding in my hand' : a material reading -- Touching (on) death : on 'being toward' the other -- Incense and ointment : smell and the absent body/text -- '...the stones would shout out' (Luke 19.40) -- 'So I opened my mouth and he gave me the scroll to eat' (Ezekiel 3.2) : the taste of the text -- Conclusion : toward a material intertextuality.

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Bible.--Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Senses and sensation--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Intertextuality in the Bible.