Genesis 1:26-7 as a statement of humanity’s divine parentage
The linguistic and cultural background of the words tslm and dmwt supports a reading of Gen. 1:26–7 as a statement of humanity’s divine parentage. As such it is intended to evoke the responsibilities of child to parent and of parent to child in the minds of its readers. Such an interpretation accomm...
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Oxford University Press
2010
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31505/ |