Paul's anthropology in context
Subtitle: the image of God, assimilation to God, and tripartite man in ancient Judaism, ancient philosophy and early Christianity
By: George H. van Kooten
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 232; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 232.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9783161497780
Subjects: Bible; Ancient Philosophy; Relation to the Old Testament; Theological anthropology; Theology; Historia; Image of God; History of doctrines; Gudsbilden
Description: "George H. van Kooten offers a radical contextualization of Paul's view of man within the Graeco-Roman discourse of his day. Paul's Jewish terminology is compatible with reflections of Graeco-Roman philosophers on man, and is supplemented with Platonic concepts such as 'the inner man.' Paul's anthropology, which calls for inner transformation and is universally applicable, criticizes the superficial values of the sophistic movement, and offers a strategy to overcome ethnic tensions."--Jacket.
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 (pages 394-411) and indexes.

In English; occasional phrases in Ancient Greek with English translations.
Table of contents: title: The 'image of God' in ancient Judaism; title: 'The image of God' and 'being made like God' in Graeco-Roman paganism; title: Philo's anti-Sophistic interpretation of the narratives of Moses' Pentateuch; title: Paul versus the Sophistys : outward performance and rhetorical competition within the Christian community at Corinth; title: The two types of man in Philo and Paul : the anthropological trichotomy of spirit, soul, and body; title: 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; title: The renewal of the 'discredited mind' through metamorphosis : Paul's universalist anthropology in Romans.