David Jasper 
The Sacred Community [PDF ebook] 
Art, Sacrament, and the People of God

Introduction

1 Soul and Body React on Each Other

Body and Character in Greek and Roman Literature

2 The Movement of the Body Is a Voice of the Soul

Body and Character in Early Jewish and Christian Literature

3 Your Eye Is the Lamp of Your Body

Luke and the Body-Soul Relationship

4 Ought Not This Daughter of Abraham Be Set Free?

Getting the Story of the Bent Woman Straight

5 Short in Stature, Son of Abraham

The Height of Hospitality in the Story of Zacchaeus

6 His Feet and Ankles Were Made Strong

Signs of Character in the Man Lame from Birth

7 What Is to Prevent Me?

Ambiguity, Acceptance, and the Ethiopian Eunuch

Epilogue

Appendix: Abbreviations from the Progymnasmata

David Jasper is Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow and is Distinguished Overseas Professor of Comparative Literature in the School of Liberal Arts at Renmin University of China.