New Haven & London: Yale University Press, Date: 1999. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. Large Octavo. NEW HAVEN & LONDON : 1999. Paperback. Black spine; colour pictorial cover. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Hint of fading to cover. Minor use only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (xviii), 330 pages. Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-321). Indexes. CONTENTS: Hierarchy -- The body in Greco-Roman culture -- The rhetoric of the body politic -- The body's economy -- Tongues of angels in the body of Christ -- The resurrected body -- Pollution -- The body, disease, and pollution -- Sex, food, and the pollution of the Corinthian body -- The dangers of desire -- Prophylactic veils. Lg.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. 1999. Yale University Press ISBN 0300081723 9780300081725 [GB]