The liberating image : the Imago Dei in Genesis 1 /
Imago Dei in Genesis 1
J. Richard Middleton.
- Grand Rapids, MI : Brazos Press, c2005.
- 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The challenge of interpreting the Imago Dei -- The Imago Dei in the symbolic world of Genesis 1 -- An ancient Near Eastern background for the Imago Dei -- The matrix of Mesopotamian ideology -- Genesis 1-11 as ideology critique -- Created in the image of a violent God? -- Imaging God's primal generosity.
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Bible.--O.T.--Genesis I, 26-27--Criticism, interpretation, etc.