The book as a whole presents an interesting and kaleidoscopic view on a number of aspects of the language of the human body and its adornments in ancient Judean and Christian culture.

Kristi Upson-Saia, Carly Daniel-Hughes, and Alicia J. Batten, eds. Dressing Judeans and Christians in Antiquity. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014.

From Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR). Review by Karel C. Innemée, Leiden University