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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kooten, Geurt Hendrik van, 1969-

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 0512-1604 ; 232.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament - Band 232 ; v.232.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Paul.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Theology.

Bible.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Relation to the Old Testament.

Theological anthropology.

Image of God--History of doctrines.

Image of God.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 pages)

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 2008.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

The 'image of God' in ancient Judaism

'The image of God' and 'being made like God' in Graeco-Roman paganism

Philo's anti-Sophistic interpretation of the narratives of Moses' Pentateuch

Paul versus the Sophistys : outward performance and rhetorical competition within the Christian community at Corinth

The two types of man in Philo and Paul : the anthropological trichotomy of spirit, soul, and body

Paul's anti-Sophistic interpretation of the narrative of Moses' shining face (Exod 34) in 2 Cor 3 : Moses' strength, well-being and (transitory) glory, according to Philo, Josephus, Paul, and the Corinthian Sophists

The renewal of the 'discredited mind' through metamorphosis : Paul's universalist anthropology in Romans.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-411) and indexes.

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ISBN:

9786613517531

9781280043963

1280043962

9783161515217

3161515218

OCLC:

782878858