Naming the Human Animal: Genesis 1-3 and Other Animals in Human Becoming
Recently the paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman has proposed what she calls the animal connection as the human trait that connects all other traits. Theologians and biblical scholars have proposed many relational, functional, and ontological interpretations of the image of God in humans and human natur...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Zygon
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 1005-1028 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 1-3
/ Animals
/ Human being
/ Image of God
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation |
| Further subjects: | B
Human Nature
B Bible B Genesis 1:18-20 B Domestication B Genesis 1-3 B image of God (imago Dei) B Dominion B Adam animals B Genesis 1:26-28 |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Recently the paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman has proposed what she calls the animal connection as the human trait that connects all other traits. Theologians and biblical scholars have proposed many relational, functional, and ontological interpretations of the image of God in humans and human nature, but have generally not included a connection with animals. Genesis 1-3, however, weaves human and animal creation in a variety of ways, and Adam's naming of other species implies they are understood as family or kin. Thus Genesis 1-3 understands a relationship with other animals as integral to human becoming and uses family or kinship as a root metaphor for human-animal relations. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12375 |