Karl Olav Sandnes is Professor of New Testament at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. His latest book is Paul Perceived: An Interactionist Perspective on Paul and the Law (2018). Jan-Olav Henriksen is Professor of Systematic Theology/Philosophy of Religion at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. His latest book is Religious Pluralism and Pragmatist Theology (2019). Henriksen and Sandnes have previously published together Jesus as Healer: A Gospel for the Body (2016).
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Part I. Prolegomena: 1. Introduction, previous solutions, method and Pauline context
Part II. The Graeco-Roman Belly: 2. The belly as a sign - ancient physiognomics
3. The belly in ancient moral philosophy
4. Ancient critique of Epicureanism
5. Banquets - opportunities for the belly
Part III. The Appropriated Belly: 6. The belly-topos in Jewish-Hellenistic sources
7. The belly in Philo's writings
Part IV. Belly-Worship and Body According to Paul: 8. The lifestyle of citizens of the heavenly Politeuma - Phil 3:17-21
9. 'Serving the belly' as kinship with Satan - Rom 16:17-20
10. The Corinthian belly
Part V. The Earliest Expositors of Paul: 11. The belly-dicta of Paul in Patristic literature
Part VI. Conclusions: 12. Concluding remarks
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