Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen 2:7) - The Problem of a Dualistic Anthropology in Early Judaism and Christianity

This volume addresses the concept of an immortal soul in a mortal body and focuses on early Judaism and Christianity, where the issue of dualistic anthropology is often related to the interpretation of Gen 2:7 and questioned in different ways.

About the author

Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten, Ph.D. (1990), Catholic Theological University Amsterdam, is Professor of the Reception History of the Bible at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on the reception history of biblical texts, especially in early Judaism, including Abraham in the Book of Jubilees (Brill, 2012).
George H. van Kooten, Ph.D. (2001), Leiden University, is Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on the Greco-Roman context of the New Testament. Recently, he has been visiting fellow at the universities of Cambridge (2013-14) and Göttingen (2015).

Contributors are: Reinhard Feldmeier, Robert Hayward, Rob Kugler, Michaël N. van der Meer, Ed Noort, Mladen Popovic, Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Loren Stuckenbruck, Beatrice Wyss.

Product details

• Assisted by: George van Kooten (Editor), J T A G M van Ruiten (Editor), J. T. A. G. M. van Ruiten (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2016
• EAN: 9789004210851
• ISBN: 978-90-04-21085-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Themes in Biblical Narrative
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism