McConville, J. G.

Being human in God's world : an Old Testament theology of humanity / - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, [2016] ©2016 - xii, 228 pages

Introduction: 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.

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

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