Tyndale Bulletin Volume 19
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“Man is the one godlike creature in all the created order. His nature is not understood if he is viewed merely as the most highly developed of the animals, with whom he shares the earth, nor is it perceived if he is seen as an infinitesimal being dwarfed by the enormous magnitude of the universe. By the doctrine of the image of God, Genesis affirms the dignity and worth of man, and elevates all men—not just kings or nobles—to the highest status conceivable, short of complete divinization.” (Page 53)
“If one begins from the philological evidence, the image is defined in physical terms. If we begin from the incorporeality of God, the image cannot include the body of man. If we begin with the Hebrew conception of man’s nature as a unity, we cannot separate, in such a fundamental sentence about man, the spiritual part of man from the physical. If we begin with ‘male and female’ as a definitive explanation of the image, the image can only be understood in terms of personal relationships, and the image of God must be located in mankind (or married couples!) rather than the individual man.” (Page 61)
“The application of the phrase ‘image of God’ to a human person in the foregoing texts enables us to conclude, with particular reference to Egypt, that: It is the king who is the image of God, not mankind generally.151 The image of the god is associated very closely with rulerhood. The king as image of the god is his representative. The king has been created by the god to be his image.” (Page 85)
“One essential meaning of the statement that man was created ‘in the image of God’ is plain: it is that man is in some way and in some degree like God.” (Page 53)
- Title: Tyndale Bulletin Volume 19
- Author: Tyndale House
- Series: Tyndale Bulletin
- Publisher: Tyndale
- Print Publication Date: 1968
- Logos Release Date: 2010
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:GS_TYNBUL_19
- Resource Type: Journal
- Metadata Last Updated: 2018-10-23T17:14:05Z