Beginnings Quotes

“There is no simple solution how properly to translate the Hebrew ʾadam or the Greek ἄνθρωπος. One of the meanings these terms carry refers simultaneously to humankind and human personhood—as collective and generic—but does so in a way that retains a particular and personal focus.”
― Peter C. Bouteneff, Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives