>Anyone aware of literature on the body language of the apostles in Acts -
>things like standing, sitting, hand-waving,laying on of hands, taking by
>the hand, staring, tearing clothes etc etc? My guess is that there is a
>pattern of behavior consistent with their status as ... [what? divine men?
>orators? angels?]
>
I do not know of any work specifically on this. I do think that the
Louw-Nida lexicon might have some useful material. And Chceck your library
for works by Othmar Keel. He has done a great deal on symbolism of all
kinds in a series of OT books.
And the following book could also be useful, even though it does not
specifically address your concerns:
Silvia Schroer and Thomas Staubli, DIE KOERPER-SYMBOLIL DER BIBEL.
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1998. 276 pp. A fascinating
work that I am slowly working through in my spare time.
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