Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; PART 1 Prolegomena; PART 2 The Graeco-Roman belly; PART 3 The appropriated belly; PART 4 Belly-worship and body according to Paul; PART 5 The earliest expositors of Paul; PART 6 Conclusions; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS; INDEX OF GRAECO-ROMAN SOURCES; INDEX OF OLD TESTAMENT, APOCRYPHA, PSEUDEPIGRAPHA AND OTHER JEWISH WRITINGS; INDEX OF NEW TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS.
Summary
The belly is today a matter of much concern. Modern cultures have developed means to cultivate this part of the body. Does St Paul in any way address a culture in which the stomach is similarly high on the agenda? To answer this question is the aim of this investigation.
