Head and Heart: the Pauline Corpus and its Medical and Philosophical Backdrop

T.L. Tieleman

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Head and Heart: the Pauline Corpus and its Medical and Philosophical Backdrop

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	86-106
Number of pages	21
Journal	Religion & Theology
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15743012-02101003
Publication status	Published - 2014

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

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