Body, Soul, and Human Life Quotes

“The term generally given this sickness in the Christian tradition is “sin,” a multivalent term that points to the myriad ways in which humans –individually, collectively, and systemically –neglect, deny, and refuse simply to be human –that is, to embrace and live out their vocation as creatures made in the image of God.”
― Joel B. Green, Body, Soul, and Human Life (Studies in Theological Interpretation): The Nature of Humanity in the Bible

“More astonishing, perhaps, is that the variation in DNA among members of the human family is actually larger than the variation between humans and chimpanzees.”
― Joel B. Green, Body, Soul, and Human Life (Studies in Theological Interpretation): The Nature of Humanity in the Bible

“Representing Pharisaic views, for example, Josephus catered to the Greco-Roman intelligentsia, formulating a body-soul dualism quite at odds with Israel’s Scriptures but very much at home in the Platonic tradition.”
― Joel B. Green, Body, Soul, and Human Life (Studies in Theological Interpretation): The Nature of Humanity in the Bible