{"title":"Allen Wilson","description":"\u003cp\u003eAllen Wilson’s works explore the nuanced intersections of religion, history, and culture with a particular focus on Early Christian and Greco-Roman contexts. Readers will encounter thoughtful analyses of ancient beliefs and the ways these shaped early spiritual and social frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a scholarly yet accessible approach, Wilson delves into complex themes such as identity, ritual, and symbolism within religious traditions, offering fresh perspectives that enrich understanding of spirituality and historical thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"early-christian-and-greco-roman-conceptions-of-blood-difference-by-allen-wilson-9781666977516","title":"Early Christian and Greco-Roman Conceptions of Blood Difference","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book interrogates the historical contingency of the common idiom “blood is thicker than water,” asking what the role of Christianity is in the development of blood mythology lurking in everyday speech.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author examines the concept of blood within Greco-Roman and early Christian contexts, investigating blood’s significance beyond a mere biological substance. The analysis traces the evolution of blood’s symbolic meaning in order to understand how it relates to conceptions of kinship, purity, and the divine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early chapters, \u003cem\u003eEarly Christian and Greco-Roman Conceptions of Blood Difference\u003c\/em\u003e surveys conceptions of blood and consanguinity in Greco-Roman thought, ranging from the mythologies of Homer and the histories of Livy to the medical descriptions of Galen and Soranus to the ritual descriptions of Jubilees and Ephrem the Syrian. By providing a general survey of Greco-Roman understandings of blood, the book shows, in the remaining chapters, the way specific early Christians drew upon Greco-Roman notions of blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy outlining how the singularity of the blood of Christ produces different understandings of blood in the writings of Irenaeus, Tertullian, and Origen, the author argues that Christians did not invent blood differentiation but they do intensify the symbolic power of blood to make a difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47397820498156,"sku":"9781666977516","price":356.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8195855abf5f5d72dd86624396331c55.jpg?v=1773778275"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/allen-wilson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}