Body, Soul, and

Human Life

The Nature of Humanity

in the Bible

Joel B. Green

Baker Academic

a division of Baker Publishing Group

Grand Rapids, Michigan

STUDIES in THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

Series Editors

Craig G. Bartholomew

Redeemer University College

Joel B. Green

Fuller Theological Seminary

Christopher R. Seitz

Wycliffe College, University of Toronto

Editorial Advisory Board

Gary Anderson

University of Notre Dame

Markus Bockmuehl

University of Oxford

Richard Hays

Duke University Divinity School

Christine Pohl

Asbury Theological Seminary

Eleonore Stump

Saint Louis University

Anthony Thiselton

University of Nottingham

University of Chester

Marianne Meye Thompson

Fuller Theological Seminary

Kevin Vanhoozer

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

John Webster

University of Aberdeen

Jim Kinney

Baker Academic

Copyright © 2008 Joel B. Green

First published in 2008

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CONTENTS

Series Preface

Abbreviations

Preface

1 The Bible, the Natural Sciences, and the Human Person

Humanity and Human Identity in Biblical Theology

Traditional Theological Anthropology and Contemporary Challenges

Why Science Matters

Some Definitions

In Anticipation

2 What Does It Mean to Be Human?

Distinctively Human?

Clearing the Deck

“In the Image of God He Created Them” (Gen 1:27)

“To the Measure of the Full Stature of Christ” (Eph 4:13)

Conclusion...