Year: 2021
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: 2T he semanticso fλογικός andt he definition of human beingsIn this chapter,wew ill consider two aspects of the word λογικός.F irst,wew ill summarise the semantics of λογικός in conversation with the detailed analysis by Scott (2018).While his studyisvery helpful, it also is beset by methodological difficulties which we point out.Wewillalso directlychallengethe evidence Scott puts forward for his own readingo fλογικός in Rom 12.1.Second, we willperformadiscourse analysis of the definition of human beingsasθνητὰ λογικὰ ζῷα,showing that it was pre-Pauline, associatedwith Stoicism, but also percolated through other philosophical traditions, and would have been well known to broader audiences, such thati ti sp lausible to assume that Paul could allude to the concept.F urthermore, we will demonstrate how the definitioni su sed to construct discourse on the human place in the cosmos, on their vocation as rational living beingsand on what it means to lead agenuinely human life. The semanticso fλογικός in conversation with Scott 2018Scott'sr ecent studyi sthem ost detailed attempt to investigate the semantics of λογικός in Greek literature.¹Scott'sstudyachieves, despite some methodological questions one might raise, as much as al exicals tudyc an contributet ot he interpretation of apassage.While we arguef or an approach that focuses on qualitative parallels, it will be useful to consider the resultso fS cott'si nvestigation, before we raise some methodological points, and,f inally, consider the evidence on which his own proposal for λογικός in Rom 12.1 rests. Scott'ss even categories of the use of λογικόςScott observes, based on the distribution in his sample²,t hat the word λογικός was "primarilyaphilosophicalt erm with ah ighr egister" (502),i ncontrast to In this section, numbers in brackets refert oS cott 2018. See below,s ection 2.1.2.
Source: De Gruyter eBooks
Author: Simon Dürr
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4200340470