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Human as the protector of creation

Publication at Hussite Theological Faculty |
2020

Abstract

The biblical vision focuses on several different concepts of the role of humanity in the world. The authors concentrate on a model of the biblical myth of Adam, who is charged with ruling over other creatures and protecting them from danger.

This model, which comes from the older mythical fabric of the ancient Near East, is then transformed both theologically and ethically in a Hellenistic era. It is form the end of the Hellenistic period that the New Testament texts about Adam and Chirst appear.

The Article continues to focus on the shape of the human - creature relationship, focusing on the current world and the social problems created by the insufficient protection of the world.