Humankind as being created in the ‘image of God’ in the Old testament : possible implications for the theological debate on human dignity
| dc.contributor.author | Bosman, Hendrik L. | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-20T09:38:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-20T09:38:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Bosman, H. L. 2010. Humankind as being created in the ‘image of God’ in the Old testament : possible implications for the theological debate on human dignity. Scriptura, 105:561-571, do:10.7833/105-0-157 | en_ZA |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za | |
| dc.description.abstract | This contribution provides a survey of existing scholarship on the nature and extent of the image of God/imago Dei' according to the Old Testament. Some of the aspects that will be discussed are: - Image in the physical sense with the focus on selem in Genesis 1 - humankind as representing the divine. - Image in a spiritualized sense with the focus on demut in Genesis 1 - humankind as resembling the divine. - Image as attribute or relationship - in conversation with Barth and Bonhoeffer. A few concluding remarks will be made about human dignity and Old Testament anthropology as a theological synthesis between the Egyptian emphasis on humankind as a royal being and the Mesopotamian (Assyrian and Babylonian) view of humankind as a slave to do the most menial of work. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/157 | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 11 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bosman, H. L. 2010. Humankind as being created in the ‘image of God’ in the Old testament : possible implications for the theological debate on human dignity. Scriptura, 105:561-571, do:10.7833/105-0-157 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2305-445X (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0254-1807 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.other | do:10.7833/105-0-157 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103154 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Author retains copyright | |
| dc.subject | Dignity | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Image of God | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Humankind as being created in the ‘image of God’ in the Old testament : possible implications for the theological debate on human dignity | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |