Human
Texts
- Genesis 1-2
- Psalm 8
- Psalm 14
- Psalm 139
- Ecclesiastes 3
- Song of Songs 2 + 4
- Job 31
Additional Resources
- Alexander Altmann, “‘Homo Imago Dei’ in Jewish and Christian Theology”, Journal of Religion 48/3 (1968), pp. 235-259
- D.J.A. Clines, “Humanity as the Image of God”, = pp. 447–97, in On the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays, 1967–1998, vol. 2 (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 293; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998).
- D.J.A. Clines, “אדם [ʾdm], the Hebrew for ‘Human, Humanity’: A response to James Barr”, Vetus Testamentum 53/3 (2003) 297-310 [or alternate]
- J.L. Mays, “What is a Human Being? Reflections on Psalm 8”, Theology Today 50 (1994) 511-520
- Deryck Sheriffs, “‘Personhood’ in the Old Testament? Who’s Asking?”, Evangelical Quarterly 77.1 (2005): 13–34
- K. Tanner, “The Difference Theological Anthropology Makes”, Theology Today 50 (1994) 567-579
N.b. I failed to include anything from Hendrikus Berkhof’s Christian Faith this week. The basic treatments of our theme this week can be found in §§ 26-27, 43 = pp. 183-215, 427-32.