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The liberating image : the Imago Dei in Genesis 1 / J. Richard Middleton.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Publication details: Grand Rapids, MI : Brazos Press, c2005.Description: 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1587431106
Other title:
  • Imago Dei in Genesis 1
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 233/.5 22
LOC classification:
  • BS661 .M49 2005
Contents:
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.
Item type: Books
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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.