Christian body, Christian self: concepts of early Christian personhood
Hauptbeschreibung: Early Christian texts are replete with the language of body and self. Clearly, such concepts were important to their authors and audiences. Yet usage rarely makes sense across texts. Despite attempts to establish a single biblical or Christian vision of either body or self a...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English German |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Tübingen
Mohr Siebeck
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Series/Journal: | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
284 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Testament
/ Self
/ Body
/ Person
/ Theological anthropology
B Early Christianity (motif) / Literature / Theological anthropology |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Self Religious aspects Christianity B Electronic books B Human Body Religious aspects Christianity |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Hauptbeschreibung: Early Christian texts are replete with the language of body and self. Clearly, such concepts were important to their authors and audiences. Yet usage rarely makes sense across texts. Despite attempts to establish a single biblical or Christian vision of either body or self across texts, the evidence demonstrates plurality of opinion; and, reception history multiplies interpretations. Depending upon the particular anthropological-philosophical paradigm of the interpreter (e.g., Platonic, Cartesian), Christian texts reflect a number of views about the body and self. Today |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (XIV, 370 S.), graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9786613519290 1-280-05032-2 978-3-16-151861-4 978-3-16-150950-6 |
