Head and Heart
In this paper, I examine what exactly is implied by (deutero-)Pauline references to the head as well as the heart in well-known statements from the Graeco-Roman background, i.e. the brain versus heart controversy as it arose and developed among medical scientists and philosophers. Two key passages a...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2014
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Religion & theology
Jahr: 2014, Band: 21, Heft: 1/2, Seiten: 86-106 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Paul
Graeco-Roman medicine
ancient philosophy
Placita tradition
doxography
Graeco-Roman physiology
Galen
Plato
Chrysippus
Erasistratus
Plotinus
head/kefalē
heart/kardia
soul/psuchē
ancient embryology
New Testament
1Corinthians
Colossians
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this paper, I examine what exactly is implied by (deutero-)Pauline references to the head as well as the heart in well-known statements from the Graeco-Roman background, i.e. the brain versus heart controversy as it arose and developed among medical scientists and philosophers. Two key passages are given separate treatment: 1Cor 12:12–31a and Col 2:19. |
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| ISSN: | 1574-3012 |
| Enthält: | In: Religion & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15743012-02101003 |