Paul's anthropology in context : : the image of God, assimilation to God, and tripartite man in ancient Judaism, ancient philosophy and early Christianity / / George H. van Kooten.
Hauptbeschreibung George H. van Kooten offers a radical contextualization of Paul's view of man within the Graeco-Roman discourse of his day. On the one hand, important anthropological terminology such as ""image of God"" and ""spirit"" derives from the J...
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| Superior document: | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament - Band 232 ; v.232. |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2008. |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | 1. Aufl. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament,
232. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (469 pages) |
| Notes: | Expanded version of a collection of essays published elsewhere previously between 2005 and 2008, plus one new essay published here for the first time. |
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| Summary: | Hauptbeschreibung George H. van Kooten offers a radical contextualization of Paul's view of man within the Graeco-Roman discourse of his day. On the one hand, important anthropological terminology such as ""image of God"" and ""spirit"" derives from the Jewish creation accounts of Genesis 1-2. On the other hand, this terminology appears to be compatible with reflections of Graeco-Roman philosophers on man as the image of God and on man's mind, and is supplemented with Platonic concepts such as ""the inner man."" For this reason, the author traces the development of Paul's anthropolo |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-411) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1280043962 9786613517531 3161515218 |
| ISSN: | 0512-1604 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | George H. van Kooten. |