Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The Unity of Body and Soul in Patristic and Byzantine Thought
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 1-19
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc., Christian
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Human body Biblical teaching
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Human body Religious aspects Early church, ca. 30-600
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Christianity
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History
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Christian literature, Early History and criticism
Abstract:
This article traces the emergence of a combined reading of Gen 1:26f. and Gen 2:7 in the Christian literature of the second century. It presents and discusses pertinent passages from 1 Clement, Justin, Pseudo-Justin, Irenaeus, Theophilus and Tertullian. In these authors we find an exegesis that applies both verses to one and the same act of creation, including man’s soul as well as his body. This understanding yields consequences for several dogmatic topics such as creation, anthropology, resurrection, but also Christology, soteriology and the understanding of God and his relation to the Logos.
DOI:
10.30965/9783657703395_002
URL:
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