Expanded version of a collection of essays published elsewhere previously between 2005 and 2008, plus one new essay published here for the first time
Includes bibliographical references (p. 394-411) and indexes
The ’image of God’ in ancient Judaism -- ’The image of God’ and ’being made like God’ in Graeco-Roman paganism -- Philo’s anti-Sophistic interpretation of the narratives of Moses’ Pentateuch -- Paul versus the Sophistys : outward performance and rhetorical competition within the Christian community at Corinth -- The two types of man in Philo and Paul : the anthropological trichotomy of spirit, soul, and body -- Paul’s anti-Sophistic interpretation of the narrative of Moses’ shining face (Exod 34) in 2 Cor 3 : Moses’ strength, well-being and (transitory) glory, according to Philo, Josephus, Paul, and the Corinthian Sophists -- The renewal of the ’discredited mind’ through metamorphosis : Paul’s universalist anthropology in Romans.
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