About this title: First published in 1988, Peter Brown's The Body and Society was a groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lifelong virginity-in Christian circles from the first to the fifth ...
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Description: Very good. By Peter Brown; ISBN: 0231061005; Pub. : Columbia University Press; Pub. Date: 1988-04-15; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 32 oz.; Slight wrinkles at edges of dust jacket. All else is like-new. by Peter Brown; ISBN: 0231061005; Pub. : Columbia University Press; Pub. Date: 1988-04-15; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 32 oz.; Slight wrinkles at edges of dust jacket. All else is like-new. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 4-15-88
ISBN-13:9780231061018ISBN:0231061013
Description: VERY GOOD. Crisp, clean and unread paperback with light shelfwear to the covers, remainder mark to one edge-VERY NICE! ! 1.65 lbs. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780231061001ISBN:0231061005
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0231061005. Cloth hardcovers are clean, no wear. Interior clean and tight. Small ink mark on dustjacket, else fine.; 8vo 8"-9" tall. read more
Edition: First Paperback Printing
Binding: Large Trade Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780231061018ISBN:0231061013
Description: Very Good+ No Jacket Issued. This is a larger soft cover Trade Paperback Edition. It is the 1st paperback printing of this book. The condition is Very Good+. The cover on this book is very clean & bright. The pages are white and unmarked, no names or any writing. The spine is straight, and smooth, with nice tight pages. There is only very minor imperfections with this book. This sounds like a very interesting book! 504 pages including index. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780231061001ISBN:0231061005
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 504 p. Contains: Illustrations. Lectures on the History of Religions, 13. Audience: General/trade. Clean interior firmly bound in clean boards with some shelf/edge wear to spine ends. Boards are not worn through. Dust jacket is lightly soiled with shelf dust and has edge/surface wear. A good solid copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 3-1-08
ISBN-13:9780231144070ISBN:0231144075
Description: VERY GOOD. Crisp, clean and unread paperback with light shelfwear to the covers, remainder mark to one edge-VERY NICE! ! 1.6 lbs. read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: 1988
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First edition book is like new tightness with no markings, some soiling to page edges, wraps have some rubbing and edges have curling. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Columbia University Press,
Date Published: 1988.
ISBN-13:9780231061001ISBN:0231061005
Description: Professor Schoeck's tidy ownership marks & discoloration of front endpapers, else very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / chipping on otherwise very good dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Richard J. Schoeck. read more
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