Women, Human Identity, and the Image of God: Antiochene Interpretations

Women, Human Identity, and the Image of God: Antiochene InterpretationsJournal of Early Christian StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/I4MXAU47/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Nonna VernaHarrisonWomen, Human Identity, and the Image of God: Antiochene Interpretationshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/I4MXAU47https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/I4MXAU47https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/I4MXAU47Journal of Early Christian Studies9:22001205-249Most early Christian writers regard the divine image as the core of human identity and affirm that women, who are fully human, bear the image of God. Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia are exceptions. Though stating clearly that women share the same human nature as men, they read Gen 1.26 in terms of 1 Cor 11.7 and identify the divine image as a kind of exclusively male authority. Theodore specifies that the human <i>imago Dei</i> is a visible viceroy representing the invisible God to created beings. Adam failed in this task, which the assumed man Jesus fulfilled. For Theodore the divine likeness, which women also share, is an imitation of many divine attributes, including creativity. Theodoret of Cyrrhus moves toward the Greek patristic mainstream, stating that woman is at least "image of the image" and eliding Theodore's distinction between image and likeness, thus including many human characteristics besides authority in the <i>imago Dei</i>. Harrison, Nonna Verna. “Women, Human Identity, and the Image of God: Antiochene Interpretations.” Journal of Early Christian Studies 9:2 (2001): 205–49. Nonna Verna Harrison, Women, Human Identity, and the Image of God: Antiochene Interpretations, Journal of Early Christian Studies 9:2 (2001): 205–49.1 Cor 11:7AdamAntiochene schoolDiodore of TarsusEveGen 1:26GenesisIV CEImago DeiOld TestamentTheodore of MopsuestiaTheodoret of CyrusV CEanthropologycreationexegesiswomen