Soma in Biblical Theology: With Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)

280 Pages·2005·7.61 MB·English

by  Robert H. Gundry

SOCIETY FOR NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
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MATTHEW BLACK, D.D., F.B.A.
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R. McL. WILSON
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SOMA IN BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

SOMA IN BIBLICAL THEOLOGY
WITH EMPHASIS ON
PAULINE ANTHROPOLOGY
ROBERT H.GUNDRY
Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California
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Gundry, Robert Horton.
Soma in biblical theology, with emphasis on Pauline anthropology.
(Monograph series — Society for New Testament Studies; 29)
Bibliography: p. 245
Includes index.
1. Man (Theology) - Biblical teaching. 2. Bible. N.T. Epistles of
Paul - Theology. 3. Soma (The Greek word) I. Title. II. Series:
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Monograph series; 29.
BS2655.M3G78 233 75-22975
ISBN-13 978-0-521-20788-1 hardback
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements page ix
Abbreviations x
PART i: FOR AND AGAINST A HOLISTIC
DEFINITION OF SOMA
1 Soma as the whole person: the rise of a definition 3
2 Soma in extra-Biblical literature 9
3 Soma in the LXX 16
4 Soma in the NT outside Pauline literature 24
5 The alternation of soma with personal pronouns
in Pauline literature 29
6 Soma elsewere in Pauline literature 34
7 Soma in I Cor 6: 12-20 51
PART Ii: SOMA IN THE FRAMEWORK OF
ANTHROPOLOGICAL DUALITY
8 Anthropological duality and classical Greek
thought 83
9 Anthropological duality in the Judaism of
NT times 87
10 Anthropological duality in the NT outside
Pauline literature 110
11 Anthropological duality in the OT 117
12 Anthropological duality in Pauline literature 135
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Contents
PART HI: THE THEOLOGY OF SOMA AS
PHYSICAL BODY
13 The soma in death and resurrection page 159
14 Soma and the being of man 184
15 Soma, sin, and salvation 204
16 Soma, individuality, and solidarity 217
17 Soma and the Church as the Body of Christ 223
Select bibliography 245
Index of passages cited 253
Index of authors 265
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My thanks go to the Editorial Board of Studiorum JVovi Testa-
menti Societas, especially to Professor Ernest Best, and to the
Syndics of the Cambridge University Press for accepting the
present work for publication in the Monograph Series of the
society; to the staff of the press for the excellence of their
work; to the readers of the typescript, including my colleague
Dr Moises Silva, for their valuable suggestions; to my secretary
Mrs Betty Bouslough for her nearly flawless typing of the
manuscript; and to the administration and trustees of West-
mont College for a sabbatical leave which enabled me to
devote a large amount of time to the present work.
ROBERT H. GUNDRY
Westmont College
Santa Barbara, California
July 1975