Images of the Human Being

Cosmin Pricop Introduction

Part One: Main Papers from the Symposium

Section I: Anthropology in the Old Testament, Hellenistic Judaism, and Ancient Christianity
Alexandru Mihaila A Circumcised Heart: The Anthropological Function of the Heart as the Inner Man - Carl Holladay Moral Agency Hellenistic Judaism: Some Reflections on Philo of Alexandria - Tobias Nicklas The Latin Apocalypse of Paul: Ideas and Images of Humanity

Section II: Anthropology in the Synoptic Gospels
Joel Marcus Moral Agency and the Anthropology of the Synoptic Gospels - Daniel Ayuch From Homo Sedentarius to Homo Peregrinator: The Nomadic Nature of Humanity in Luke-Acts

Section III: Anthropology in the Gospel of John
Nadine Ueberschaer "Lazarus, come out" (John 11:43): The Lazarus Narrative as Paradigm for the Anthropology in the Gospel of John and the Ethical Behaviour of the New Creation - Predrag Dragutinovic Reading the Gospel of John as a Story of Life and Death. Some Insights from the Anthropology of Storytelling
Section IV: Anthropology in Paul
Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr The Spiritual Human Being in Paul: 1 Corinthians 2:15 from a "Western" Perspective - Christos Karakolis The Apostle Paul as a Paragon of the Human Being in Christ: Self-Narrative and Parenesis in Phil 1:12-2:18 from a Critical Orthodox Perspective

Section V: Women and Gender in the New Testament
Korinna Zamfir Discourses on Woman and Gender in the Corpus Paulinum - Bill Loader Sex and Gender as Anthropological Categories in the New Testament

Part Two: Seminar Papers
Seminar I: "Anthropology and Ethics"
Artur Malina Hospitality Transformed: Interpretations of the Human Response to the Transfiguration of Jesus (Mark 9:5-6 and parallel texts) - Volker Rabens The Dilemma of Human Agency in John: Ethics and Anthropology in the Fourth Gospel - Teodor Brasoveanu The Ethical Significance of the Pauline Discourse in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 - Bartosz Adamczewski Moral Aspects of the Relational Nature of the Human Body in Paul's Theology

Seminar II: "Anthropology and Creation"
Gottfried Schimanowski The Creation of the "Mortal Man" (Gen 2:7) in the Writings of Philo - Randar Tasmuth An Aspect of Pauline Anthropology: Temple and Torah turned into the Body and Letter of Christ

Seminar III: "Anthropology and Eschatology"
Alexey Somov Ancient Views on the Upright Human Posture as a Mark of Immortality and the New Testament Imagery of Resurrection - James Buchanan Wallace The Macarian Homilies and 2 Corinthians 3-5: Anthropology, Eschatology, and Theosis - Maria Karyakina Temporal Aspect of the Early Christian Identity: Paul's Letter to the Philippians as a Study Case

Part Three: Biblical Scholarship in Romania Past and Present
Stelian Tofana New Testament Biblical Research in the Orthodox Romanian Theology: Past and Present - Leszai Lehel Protestant New Testament Biblical Researchers in Romania and Transylvania - Amiel Drimbe Romanian New Testament Evangelical Scholarship - Tarciziu Hristofor ?erban Biblical Studies in Romania from a Catholic Perspective - Cosmin Pricop / Alexandru Mihaila The Bucharest Bible of 1688: The First Bible in Romania