Old Testament Anthropology as “Dualistic Holism” or “Holistic Dualism”. (BADR Part 2)

Old Testament Anthropology as “Dualistic Holism” or “Holistic Dualism”

๐Š๐š๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ–: ๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐€๐ƒ๐‘ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ)


๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐›๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ. ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ? \

While the Bible affirms anthropological dualism, it also views human beings holistically where all their psychosomatic faculties work together as an integrated unity. However, biblical holism differs from philosophical holism or physicalism which considers the organism or anthropological entity as comprising a single substance or stuff. In contrast, biblical โ€œfunctional holismโ€ recognizes the integration and interrelation of all the parts in the existence and proper operation of the whole, without assuming that each part would necessarily cease to function or disintegrate into nothingness if the whole were broken up. To conclude, OT anthropology is both dualistic and holistic. It may be described as either biblical โ€œholistic-dualismโ€ or โ€œdualistic holismโ€.