This book represents an extensive examination of human hands and feet and their functions as media of nonverbal communication in the transmission of the mission and message of Jesus by the early church. Research sources for the task include the Greek text of Acts and the Gospel of Luke as well as Greek Second Temple Jewish writings, contemporary Greek literature and medical works. Scholarly definitions and descriptions from the field of interpersonal communication lend credibility to the enquiry. In the process of discovering whether or not these media of nonverbal communication contribute effectively to the advancement of the mission and message of Jesus, the author's interesting and innovative approach casts light on the text as several new and creative insights emerge. The book concludes with some practical applications of its findings to the life of the church of today.

CONTENTS: Nonverbal Communication through Telling Hands - The Words for Hands in the Greek Text of Acts - Nonverbal Communication through Telling Hands in the Greek Text of Acts 3:1-11 and 9:1-19a - Nonverbal Communication through Telling Hands in the Wider Greek Text of Acts - Nonverbal Communication through Telling Hands in the Greek Text of Luke's Gospel - Nonverbal Communication through Telling Hands in the Greek Literature of Second Temple Judaism - Nonverbal Communication through Telling Hands in the Works of Aratus and Aeschylus, Hippocrates and Soranus - Nonverbal Communication through Teaching Feet - The Words for Feet in the Greek Text of Acts - Nonverbal Communication through Teaching Feet in the Greek Text of Acts 3:1-11 and 9:1-19a - Nonverbal Communication through Teaching Feet in the Wider Greek Text of Acts - Nonverbal Communication through Teaching Feet in the Greek Text of Luke's Gospel - Nonverbal Communication through Teaching Feet in the Greek Literature of Second Temple Judaism - Nonverbal Communication through Teaching Feet in the Works of Aratus and Aeschylus, Hippocrates and Soranus.