"Moss’s detailed analysis of exiled anti-Chalcedonians has furnished us with a new key to the late antique understanding of authority."
"This brilliant monograph by Yonatan Moss is not only a fine study of Severus of Antioch, the greatest of the theological critics of Chalcedon, but in a bold and rather remarkable way offers a convincing account of wider aspects of the confusing landscape in the first half of the sixth century."
"This is a learned, bold and entirely constructive study of the sixth century. It builds on the foundation of an earlier generation which concentrated on close studies, and in a way that deserves much credit it now obliges us to reread texts that we thought we had understood."
"Provides us with a new key to Severus of Antioch as a theologian and as a church politician. . . . extremely useful, learned and innovative book."
“Incorruptible Bodies reveals the unappreciated significance of an episode in the sixth-century history of the Christian church and the work and legacy of Severus of Antioch, the leading anti-Chalcedonian theologian and churchman. Moss explores the bitterly debated question of the corruptibility of Christ’s body during his earthly life in its many surprising facets, uncovering in the anti-Chalcedonian community a deep-rooted tension between the perfect ideal and the less-than-perfect reality, between idealism and pragmatism, and between exclusivism and inclusivism in imagining the one true church of Christ.”—Lucas Van Rompay, Professor of Eastern Christianity, Duke University
“Yonatan Moss’s groundbreaking study focuses on the writings of Severus of Antioch, the greatest theological thinker of the sixth century, and his disputes with Julian of Halicarnassus on the corruptibility of the body of Christ. Although some scholars marginalize their debates as so much hair-splitting, Moss shows convincingly that what is at stake is an argument about being intact, whether in relation to the physical body of Christ or to his social body as the one church. Incorruptible Bodies is a clearly written and deeply learned work that will be a milestone in sixth-century studies.”—Iain R. Torrance, President Emeritus of Princeton Theological Seminary
“Drawing on a wide range of often difficult sources, Moss forces us to rethink how we understand the aftermath of the Council of Chalcedon. According to the traditional narrative, Severus of Antioch was a founding leader of the nascent anti-Chalcedonian Church. Moss, however, provocatively—and convincingly—argues that Severus was in point of fact opposed to separating from the Church of the Empire. This rich book exemplifies how to read against the received historical narrative.”—Aaron Michael Butts, Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of America
