Being Human in God`s World – An Old Testament Theology of Humanity

J. Gordon McConville (PhD, Queen's University, Belfast) is professor of Old Testament theology at the University of Gloucestershire in Gloucestershire, England, where he has taught for more than twenty years. He has authored or edited many books, including commentaries on Deuteronomy, Joshua, 1 and 2 Chronicles, and Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.

• ContentsIntroduction: On Thinking about Being Human1. Humanity in the Image of God (Imago Dei)2. "Like God" in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2-3)3. The Human "Constitution" in the Old Testament4. The Situated Self5. The Old Testament's Transformations and the "Spiritual Sense"6. Embodiments: Place and Memory7. The Political Self8. Male and Female9. Work and Creativity10. The Old Testament and Human Formation: The PsalmsIndexes