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Ken,
I just mean: I do not think that when it comes to interpretation, we need to first understand the "religious milieu" in which Moses wrote, so that all of a sudden the "mysterious" language "image of God" becomes clear. If we needed any help, the NT clarifies the central issue in being the imago dei as knowledge, righteousness, and holiness.
I don't have the whole article in view, so I do not think I am necessarily being fair to the author. Perhaps his whole discussion of the imago is incidental to his main point. He is focused on "kingdom" and kingdom is about "dominion", etc. I just think Moses really wasn't thinking about Man as the imago dei in comparison to human kings setting up their own monuments to self-importance.
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