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Originally Posted by Contra_Mundum  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. |
Thank you, Rev Buchanan. It is an interesting article about how God uses covenants to manifest his kingdom and how man is central in that scheme as the one whom God gives dominion so your hunch is correct. You have cleared up this issue for me with your advice to not read too much of the "religious milieu" of the time into the text. It could be that there is a connection, but it is not the primary meaning of the text.