Contents List of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction - Joan E. Taylor, King's College London, UK 1: The Body Inscribed: A Priestly Initiative - Sandra Jacobs, King's College London, UK 2: Queering the Body: Un-desiring Sex in Leviticus - Steffan Mathias, King's College London, UK 3. Ritualized Bodies in the Valley of Dry Bones (Ezek 37.1-14) - Casey Strine, University of Sheffield, UK 4. 'Two by two': The Ark-etypal Language of Mark's Apostolic Pairings - Joan Taylor, King's College London, UK 5. Jesus' Gentile healings: The Absence of Physical Contact and the Requirement of Faith - Rebecca Harrocks, King's College London, UK 6. 'This is my Body': Jewish Blessing or Thyestean Banquet? - Katie Turner, King's College London, UK 7. How are the Dead Raised? The Resurrection of the Dead as a Bodily Phenomenon in Second Temple Jewish Writings - Daniel Hayter, King's College London, UK 8.

Flesh for Franken-whore: Reading Babylon's Body in Revelation 17 - Michelle Fletcher, King's College London, UK 9. Can a Body Change? Josephus' Attitude to Circumcision and Conversion - Davina Grojnowski, King's College London, UK 10. The Acts of Paul and Thecla: Violating the Inviolate Body - Thecla Uncut - Rosie Ratcliffe, King's College London, UK 11. The Fire and the Flesh: Self-Destruction of the Male Rabbinic Body - Laliv Clenman, King's College London, UK Bibliography Index.