The liberating image : the Imago Dei in Genesis 1 - Middleton, J. Richard, 1955- (Grand Rapids, MI : Brazos Press, 2005)
The challenge of interpreting the Imago Dei -- The Imago Dei in the symbolic world of Genesis 1 -- An ancient Near Eastern background for the Imago Dei -- The matrix of Mesopotamian ideology -- Genesis 1-11 as ideology critique -- Created in the image of a violent God? -- Imaging God's primal generosity.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Image of God -- Biblical teaching