Dr. Peter Gentry (SBTS) wrote this in an article entitled "Kingdom of God" in the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary:
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The fact that mankind is male and female in itself has nothing to do with the divine image. Instead we should understand the divine image according to the background of the ancient Near East where the setting up of the king's statue was the equivalent to the proclamation of his domination over the area in which the statue was erected. Accordingly man is set in the midst of creation as God's statue. He is evidence that God is the Lord of creation. Man exerts his rule not in arbitrary despotism but as a responsible agent, as God's steward.
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I had not heard this before. What do you think?