Head and Heart

In this paper, I examine what exactly is implied by (deutero-)Pauline references to the head as well as the heart in well-known statements from the Graeco-Roman background, i.e. the brain versus heart controversy as it arose and developed among medical scientists and philosophers. Two key passages a...

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Main Author: Tieleman, Teun (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Religion & theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 21, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 86-106
Further subjects:B Paul Graeco-Roman medicine ancient philosophy Placita tradition doxography Graeco-Roman physiology Galen Plato Chrysippus Erasistratus Plotinus head / kefalē kardia / heart soul / psuchē ancient embryology New Testament 1Corinthians Colossians
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