Cox - Man as the Image of God Flashcards
What prominent Biblical themes first appear in the first few chapters of Genesis?
1) Creation
2) Covenantal Relationship
3) Sin
4) The Fall
What Scripture first references Man?
Genesis 1:26-27.
What role does man play in God’s order of creation?
Man is the final and crowning work of God’s creative activity.
What are the two reasons one can state to support the notion that man is the final and crowning work of creation?
1) The literary context of Genesis 1 demonstrates that man occupies a unique place in the created order.
2) The creation of man in Gen. 1:26-27 is altogether different from the preceding acts of creation.
What is the Hebrew translation of nephesh hayim?
“Breath of Life”
What varies the pronouncement of God’s creation of all other things and man?
God is passive in the first five and when creating man he uses the personal pronoun us. Intimating a close relationship and personal formation of his creation.
What does the Hebrew term tselem mean?
Image.
What does the Hebrew term deputy mean?
Likeness.
What does it mean for Man to Be God’s Image?
Man stands as a visible representation of God and is like God.
In What Ways Does Man Image God?
1) The delegated authority in the Dominion Mandate is the expression of man as God’s image.
2) The means by which man exercises that authority (moral and intellectual judgment, speech, and physical capacity) demonstrate God’s likeness in man.
How many times does the world tselem occur in the Old Testament? Of those, how many are references to idols?
Tselem occurs 32 times in Scripture. 17 of those are clear references to idols.
What does the term tselem refer to?
Images in general. It is used to denote a visual representation of something real or actual.
What is the Greek term for tselem?
Eikon.
What is the general connotation of the term demuth?
The idea of resemblance more than a representative substitute.
How many times is demuth used in the Old Testament?
Twenty-Five.
