Notes on Genesis (xxvii) Likeness and image, revisited
‘Now Adam…begot a son according to his form and image, and named him Seth.’ (Gen 5:3) Adam ‘s third son, born to him when he was extremely advanced in years, is described in terms that recall the relationship of Adam to God expressed by the phrase ‘image and likeness’ (Gen 1:26f), but the order of the two terms is reversed and in the […]
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