ISBN: 9780801048968

Description: xii, 228 pages ; 23 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

• On thinking about being human
• Humanity in the image of God (Imago Dei)
• "Like God" in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2-3)
• The human "constitution" in the Old Testament
• The situated self
• The Old Testament's transformations and the "spiritual sense"
• Embodiments: place and memory
• The political self
• Male and female
• Work and creativity
• The Old Testament and human formation: the Psalms.

Control Number: 2099002

Subjects:

• Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Theological anthropology -- Biblical teaching.
• Theological anthropology -- Christianity.