Dust of the ground and breath of life (Gen 2:7) : the problem of a dualistic anthropology in early Judaism and Christianity /

Dust of the ground and breath of life (Gen 2:7) : the problem of a dualistic anthropology in early Judaism and Christianity /

Issues such as the immortality of the soul, the debate about matter versus life, and whether one was capable of knowing the outside world were all being extensively discussed in many religions and cultures in both East and West. The present volume addresses the concept of an immortal soul in a morta...

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Other Authors: Ruiten, J. van, Kooten, Geurt Hendrik van, 1969-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Themes in Biblical Narrative 20.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004327917.

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Bible. > Genesis II, 7 > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > Congresses.
Bible. > Genesis II, 7 > Social scientific criticism > Congresses.
Bible and anthropology > Congresses.

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Call Number: BS1235.52

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter /
  • Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten and George H. van Kooten
  • Taken from the Soil, Gifted with the Breath of Life: The Anthropology of Gen 2:7 in Context /
  • Ed Noort
  • Theological Anthropology and the Enochic Book of Watchers (1 En. 6-16) /
  • Loren T. Stuckenbruck
  • Anthropology in the Ancient Greek Versions of Gen 2:7 /
  • Michaël N. van der Meer
  • Anthropology, Pneumatology, and Demonology in Early Judaism: The Two Spirits Treatise (1QS III, 13-IV, 26) and Other Texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls /
  • Mladen Popović
  • From Cosmogony to Psychology: Philo's Interpretation of Gen 2:7 in De opificio mundi, Quaestiones et solutiones in Genesin and Legum allegoriae /
  • Beatrice Wyss
  • On Anthropology and Honor in the Testament of Job /
  • Robert A. Kugler
  • Christ As Creator: Paul's Eschatological Reading of Gen 2:7 in 1 Cor 15:45 /
  • Reinhard Feldmeier
  • Anthropological Views in Nag Hammadi: The Bipartite and Tripartite Conceptions of Human Being /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta
  • Adam, Dust, and the Breath of Life according to the Targumim of Gen 2:7 /
  • Robert Hayward
  • Indexes /
  • Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten and George H. van Kooten.