Deification and Defecation: Valentinus Fragment 3 and the Physiology of Jesus’s Digestion
The aim of this article is to shed light on the physiological (digestive) background of Valentinus fragment 3 (Layton frag. E). When Valentinus claimed that Jesus did not excrete waste, he assumed that the regular process of human digestion included a stage in which food was putrefied in the gut. Fo...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2023
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-18 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Valentinus, Gnosticus, Fragmenta 3
/ Jesus Christus
/ Bodiliness
/ Digestion
/ Defecation
/ Abstinence
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RelBib Classification: | BF Gnosticism KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBF Christology |
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