Soma in Biblical Theology: With Emphasis on Pauline Anthropology
Cambridge University Press, 2005-08-22 - 280 pages
This
addition to the well-known series of theological monographs deals with
the use of the Greek work traditionally translated 'body' but recently
as 'person', especially in certain parts of the writings of Paul.
Theologians have argued that the translation as 'person' defines man as
an indivisible whole and as a complex of relationships rather than an
organization of substances. Against the trends of modern biblical
theology, Dr Gundry seeks to show that soma always refers to the
individual physical body and that it should be defined in substantive
categories. Consequently, the theological importance of the body as
individual physical substance is insured for life in this world and in
the next. Neither antagonism between body and spirit nor the possible
independence of full personhood from physical existence characterizes
biblical anthropology.
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