Week 6: What does it mean to be Human?
Presenters
Clare Bellis, Adrian Boelle, Hannah Longmuir
Biblical Texts
- Psalm 8
- Gen 2:7, contrast Gen 1:27-28
- Judges 15:12-16:30 (Samson's nature/character)
- Gen 11:1-9
- Psalm 13
Additional Resources
- Alexander Altmann, “‘Homo Imago Dei’ in Jewish and Christian Theology”, Journal of Religion 48/3 (1968), pp. 235-259 [link]
- D.J.A. Clines, “’dm, the Hebrew for ‘Human, Humanity’: A response to James Barr”, Vetus Testamentum 53/3 (2003) 297-310 [link]
- J.L. Mays, “What is a Human Being? Reflections on Psalm 8”, Theology Today 50 (1994) 511-520 [link]
Also, be sure to see the “Sermon” link in WebCT for this week.
Update [08.02.08]: I have added a “download” link on WebCT in case the file would only stream for you.
Further Update [10.02.08]: I wonder why I didn’t include anything from Hendrikus Berkhof’s Christian Faith this week? Odd! If you want your “fix”, basic treatments of our theme this week can be found in §§ 26-27, 43 = pp. 183-215, 427-32.