Head and Heart: the Pauline Corpus and its Medical and Philosophical Backdrop
Files
Publication date
2014
Authors
Tieleman, Teun
Editors
Advisors
Supervisors
Document Type
Article
Metadata
Show full item recordCollections
License
Abstract
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.
Keywords
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
Citation
Tieleman, T L 2014, 'Head and Heart: the Pauline Corpus and its Medical and Philosophical Backdrop', Religion & Theology, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 86-106. https://doi.org/10.1163/15743012-02101003