Head and Heart
In this paper, I examine what exactly is implied by (deutero-)Pauline references to the head as well as the heart in well-known statements from the Graeco-Roman background, i.e. the brain versus heart controversy as it arose and developed among medical scientists and philosophers. Two key passages a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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| In: |
Religion & theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 21, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 86-106 |
| Further subjects: | B
Paul
Graeco-Roman medicine
ancient philosophy
Placita tradition
doxography
Graeco-Roman physiology
Galen
Plato
Chrysippus
Erasistratus
Plotinus
head / kefalē
kardia / heart
soul / psuchē
ancient embryology
New Testament
1Corinthians
Colossians
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Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | In this paper, I examine what exactly is implied by (deutero-)Pauline references to the head as well as the heart in well-known statements from the Graeco-Roman background, i.e. the brain versus heart controversy as it arose and developed among medical scientists and philosophers. Two key passages are given separate treatment: 1Cor 12:12–31a and Col 2:19. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1574-3012 |
| Contains: | In: Religion & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15743012-02101003 |
