Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen 2:7) - The Problem of a Dualistic Anthropology in Early Judaism and Christianity

Jacques T.A.G.M. van Ruiten, Ph.D. (1990), Catholic Theological University Amsterdam, is Professor of the Reception History of the Bible at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on the reception history of biblical texts, especially in early Judaism, including Abraham in the Book of Jubilees (Brill, 2012).George H. van Kooten, Ph.D. (2001), Leiden University, is Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity at the University of Groningen. He has published extensively on the Greco-Roman context of the New Testament. Recently, he has been visiting fellow at the universities of Cambridge (2013-14) and Göttingen (2015).Contributors are: Reinhard Feldmeier, Robert Hayward, Rob Kugler, Michaël N. van der Meer, Ed Noort, Mladen Popovic, Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Loren Stuckenbruck, Beatrice Wyss.

• ContentsIntroductionTaken from the Soil, Gifted with the Breath of Life: The Anthropology of Gen 2:7 in ContextEd NoortTheological Anthropology and the Enochic Book of Watchers (1 En. 6–16)Loren T. StuckenbruckAnthropology in the Ancient Greek Versions of Gen 2:7Michaël N. van der MeerAnthropology, Pneumatology, and Demonology in Early Judaism: The Two Spirits Treatise (1qs iii, 13–iv, 26) and Other Texts from the Dead Sea ScrollsMladen PopovićFrom Cosmogony to Psychology: Philo’s Interpretation of Gen 2:7 in De opificio mundi, Quaestiones et solutiones in Genesin and Legum allegoriaeBeatrice WyssOn Anthropology and Honor in the Testament of JobRobert A. KuglerChrist As Creator: Paul’s Eschatological Reading of Gen 2:7 in 1Cor 15:45Reinhard FeldmeierAnthropological Views in Nag Hammadi: The Bipartite and Tripartite Conceptions of Human BeingLautaro Roig LanzillottaAdam, Dust, and the Breath of Life according to the Targumim of Gen 2:7Robert HaywardIndex of Ancient Sources 173Index of Modern Authors 188

"The editors define a dualistic anthropology as a conception of the human being as consisting of two essentially distinct and potentially conflicting elements, namely, the immortal soul and the earth-bound body (...) The volume serves as a good overview and makes valuable contributions to the discussion around anthropological dualism." - Nicholas A. Meyer, in: Dead Sea Discoveries 25:2 (2018)