I. Concept – II. Antiquity – III. New Testament – IV. Early Church – V. Systematic Theology
I. Concept
The notion of a “real person” residing within the outer human being is widely attested in ancient literature and became part of a comprehensive system of metaphors by the time of Hellenism at the latest. However, this notion is conveyed through very different terms, corresponding also to conceptions of rather differing nature. The single E…