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Difference & Identity – a class discussion

In Being Human, a course on theological anthropology, I had to present some observations on the second half of Ian McFarland's Difference & Identity: A Theological Anthropology[1] and lead a class discussion.  What follows is the written presentation and the questions I used to start the class discussion.
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Male & Female Created He Them…

Against this backdrop the priests of the Jewish Temple were inspired to write down a new narrative: a subversive narrative, a narrative that would stand in quiet but bold opposition to this savage Marduk and the gods over whom he reigned – a narrative that would defy the dominant story of the Babylonians and their might; a narrative in which humans are not slaves, but instead are created in the very image of God.
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