Taking the Jewish theologian Philo of Alexandria and the Apostle Paul as her main examples, Gudrun Holtz shows how theological anthropology was developed in contrast to contemporary philosophical conceptions of the self, particularly to the Stoa.

Regard for the self has recently been rediscovered as one of the central themes of Hellenistic philosophy. Taking the Jewish theologian Philo of Alexandria and the Apostle Paul as her main examples, Gudrun Holtz shows how theological anthropology was developed in contrast to contemporary philosophical conceptions of the self, particularly to the Stoa. The common core of the theological-anthropological conception of both authors can be captured in the phrase "not of people, but of God". The Pauline doctrine of justification proves itself to be a reification of this shared essence. Other than has been repeatedly assumed lately, the stoical perception of God can not be understood to restrict the philosophical demands of the self.

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Geboren 1959; Studium der Ev. Theologie und der Judaistik in Tübingen, Berlin und Jerusalem; 1993 Promotion; seit 1995 Pfarrerin der Evangelischen Landeskirche in Württemberg; 1999-2002 Dozentur am United Theological College, Bangalore (Indien); 2006 Habilitation; Lehrstuhlvertretungen u.a. in Bochum, Berlin, München und Heidelberg; seit 2014 apl. Professorin für Neues Testament und Antikes Judentum an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Tübingen.