Images of the Human Being

This collection of essays presents the papers given at the Eighth International Orthodox-Western Symposium of New Testament Scholars in the Caraiman Monastery (Romania). The symposium was a project of the Eastern Europe Liaison Committee (EELC) of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Main subject matters of the volume are images and stories of the human being according to the New Testament and church tradition. All topics are discussed from a »western« (Protestant and Roman-Catholic) exegetical perspective as well as from an eastern orthodox point of view. In addition, several seminar papers deal with anthropological texts and conceptions in Paul, the synoptic Gospels, and John as well as with Philo and extra-canonical writings. A particular section presents reports on biblical scholarship in Romania, past and present.Cosmin Pricop Introduction

Part One: Main Papers from the Symposium

Section I: Anthropology in the Old Testament, Hellenistic Judaism, and Ancient Christianity
Alexandru Mihăilă A Circumcised Heart: The Anthropological Function of the Heart as the Inner Man - Carl Holladay Moral Agency Hellenistic Judaism: Some Reflections on Philo of Alexandria - Tobias Nicklas The Latin Apocalypse of Paul: Ideas and Images of Humanity

Section II: Anthropology in the Synoptic Gospels
Joel Marcus Moral Agency and the Anthropology of the Synoptic Gospels - Daniel Ayuch From Homo Sedentarius to Homo Peregrinator: The Nomadic Nature of Humanity in Luke-Acts

Section III: Anthropology in the Gospel of John
Nadine Ueberschaer »Lazarus, come out« (John 11:43): The Lazarus Narrative as Paradigm for the Anthropology in the Gospel of John and the Ethical Behaviour of the New Creation - Predrag Dragutinović Reading the Gospel of John as a Story of Life and Death. Some Insights from the Anthropology of Storytelling
Section IV: Anthropology in Paul
Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr The Spiritual Human Being in Paul: 1 Corinthians 2:15 from a »Western« Perspective - Christos Karakolis The Apostle Paul as a Paragon of the Human Being in Christ: Self-Narrative and Parenesis in Phil 1:12-2:18 from a Critical Orthodox Perspective

Section V: Women and Gender in the New Testament
Korinna Zamfir Discourses on Woman and Gender in the Corpus Paulinum - Bill Loader Sex and Gender as Anthropological Categories in the New Testament

Part Two: Seminar Papers
Seminar I: »Anthropology and Ethics«
Artur Malina Hospitality Transformed: Interpretations of the Human Response to the Transfiguration of Jesus (Mark 9:5-6 and parallel texts) - Volker Rabens The Dilemma of Human Agency in John: Ethics and Anthropology in the Fourth Gospel - Teodor Brasoveanu The Ethical Significance of the Pauline Discourse in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 - Bartosz Adamczewski Moral Aspects of the Relational Nature of the Human Body in Paul's Theology

Seminar II: »Anthropology and Creation«
Gottfried Schimanowski The Creation of the »Mortal Man« (Gen 2:7) in the Writings of Philo - Randar Tasmuth An Aspect of Pauline Anthropology: Temple and Torah turned into the Body and Letter of Christ

Seminar III: »Anthropology and Eschatology«
Alexey Somov Ancient Views on the Upright Human Posture as a Mark of Immortality and the New Testament Imagery of Resurrection - James Buchanan Wallace The Macarian Homilies and 2 Corinthians 3-5: Anthropology, Eschatology, and Theosis - Maria Karyakina Temporal Aspect of the Early Christian Identity: Paul's Letter to the Philippians as a Study Case

Part Three: Biblical Scholarship in Romania Past and Present
Stelian Tofană New Testament Biblical Research in the Orthodox Romanian Theology: Past and Present - Leszai Lehel Protestant New Testament Biblical Researchers in Romania and Transylvania - Amiel Drimbe Romanian New Testament Evangelical Scholarship - Tarciziu Hristofor Șerban Biblical Studies in Romania from a Catholic Perspective - Cosmin Pricop / Alexandru Mihăilă The Bucharest Bible of 1688: The First Bible in Romania