Paul and the Image of God

In Paul and the Image of God, Chris Kugler argues that Paul adapted Jewish wisdom and Middle Platonic intermediary traditions so as to present the preexistent Jesus as the cosmogonical image of God, according to which Adam himself was made and toward which the whole of humanity was destined.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Framing the Research
Chapter 2 A Century of Studying the Imago Dei
Chapter 3 Second-Temple Jewish Monotheism
Chapter 4 The Jewish Imago Dei Tradition
Chapter 5 The Imago Dei in the Greco-Roman World
Chapter 6 Paul and the Image of God
Chapter 7 2 Corinthians 2:17-4:6
Chapter 8 Romans 7-8
Chapter 9 Colossians 1:15-20; 3:10
Chapter 10 Paul and the Image of God: Conclusion

About the author

Chris Kugler is Assistant Professor of Theology at Houston Baptist University.

Summary

In Paul and the Image of God, Chris Kugler argues that Paul adapted the Jewish wisdom and Middle Platonic traditions regarding divine intermediaries so as to present the preexistent Jesus as the cosmogonical image of God, according to which Adam himself was made and toward which the whole of humanity was destined.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Kugler
• Assisted by: Wright N. T. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781978707382
• ISBN: 978-1-978707-38-2
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Christentum, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Paul's Letters, Theology, Christian theology, christological monotheism, christology, image of god, imago dei, paul, paul's letters, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis