The ideal body in the Hebrew Bible compared to that in transpersonal psychology

Despite the Hebrew Bible’s canonicity it does not present a single picture of the ideal body, ranging from texts from the Priestly Source to the Song of Songs and the way the body of God has been portrayed. Its response to and interaction with pluralistic postmodern searching for the ideal, such as...

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Published in:Journal for semitics
Main Author: Van der Zwan, Pieter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Unisa Press 2018
In: Journal for semitics
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Anthropology / Body / Humanism / Psychology / Ideal (motif) / The Postmodern
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Postmodernism
B Hebrew Bible
B Transhumanism
B Transpersonal Psychology
B Ideal (motif)
B Superhumanism
B Body
B Posthumanism
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Summary:Despite the Hebrew Bible’s canonicity it does not present a single picture of the ideal body, ranging from texts from the Priestly Source to the Song of Songs and the way the body of God has been portrayed. Its response to and interaction with pluralistic postmodern searching for the ideal, such as in trans-, super- and posthumanism, are therefore a complex struggle which transpersonal psychology can clarify, even if it cannot resolve it.
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.25159/1013-8471/4135
HDL: 10520/EJC-12280529c6