Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Towner, W. Sibley

Titel

Clones of God: Genesis 1:26–28 and the Image of God in the Hebrew Bible

Ist Teil von

• Interpretation (Richmond), 2005-10, Vol.59 (4), p.341-356

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The claim of the Priestly writers that the Creator made human beings in the divine image is both audacious and ambiguous. Assuming that among other things “image” means that human beings are able to enter into relationship with God and God's creatures, the concept is also empowering. It suggests that the Old Testament view of human nature is far more positive than our dour stress on human sinfulness has led us to imagine.