many approaches to what the image of God entails are ruled out. The Scriptures do not locate the image in some aspect or other of human life, or in any combination of aspects, but utilize the concept with some reserve. In short, if we are not told in the Scriptures what the ‘image of God’ is, we should not expect to know. This observation points to the need for a more open exegesis of Genesis. Rather than asking, ‘What is the image of God?’ we are invited to explore the question, ‘What does it mean
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