Phantoms in the Flesh
Phantoms in the Flesh
This chapter examines the origins of the iconography of Doubting Thomas around the turn of the fifth century. By taking up the famous incredulity of the apostle who was uncertain whether he was seeing a mere ghost or the actual, resurrected body of Christ in the flesh, it considers how the imagery keys into broader theological and philosophical arguments about sense-perception, materiality, and embodiment.
Keywords: Early Christian art, Sarcophagi, Materiality, Doubting Thomas, Stoicism, Skepticism, Belief, Manuscripts, Body, Perception
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