Nemesius of Emesa on Desire, Pleasure, and Sex: A Case of the Medical Making of an Early Christian Sexual Culture
This article investigates the views of Nemesius, the bishop of Emesa in Roman Syria at the end of the fourth century CE, on desire, pleasure, and sex, mainly from his work, De natura hominis, asking specifically how Nemesius’s account represents what we might term the “medical making” of an early Ch...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Religion & theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 28, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 206-232 |
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early Christian sexuality
B Nemesius of Emesa B Desire B ancient sex B Pleasure B Church Fathers B Ancient Medicine B ancient sexuality |
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