Naming the Human Animal: Genesis 1-3 and Other Animals in Human Becoming

Recently the paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman has proposed what she calls the animal connection as the human trait that connects all other traits. Theologians and biblical scholars have proposed many relational, functional, and ontological interpretations of the image of God in humans and human natur...

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Published in:Zygon
Main Author: Walker-Jones, Arthur (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Zygon
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Genesis 1-3 / Animals / Human being / Image of God
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
NBC Doctrine of God
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B Human Nature
B Bible
B Genesis 1:18-20
B Domestication
B Genesis 1-3
B image of God (imago Dei)
B Dominion
B Adam animals
B Genesis 1:26-28
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Summary:Recently the paleoanthropologist Pat Shipman has proposed what she calls the animal connection as the human trait that connects all other traits. Theologians and biblical scholars have proposed many relational, functional, and ontological interpretations of the image of God in humans and human nature, but have generally not included a connection with animals. Genesis 1-3, however, weaves human and animal creation in a variety of ways, and Adam's naming of other species implies they are understood as family or kin. Thus Genesis 1-3 understands a relationship with other animals as integral to human becoming and uses family or kinship as a root metaphor for human-animal relations.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12375