Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting: Biblical Anthropology and the Monism-Dualism Debate

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This widely acclaimed study of biblical anthropology is available once more along with a substantial new preface by the author. Fully engaged with theological, philosophical, and scientific discussions on the nature of human persons and their destiny beyond the grave, John Cooper's defense of "holistic dualism" remains the most satisfying and biblical response to come from the monism-dualism debate. First published in 1989, Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting is required reading for Christian philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and students interested in the mind-body question. Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Printing The Body-Soul Question: Still A Vexing Problem One Traditional Christian Anthropology and Its Modern Critics II. Dualistic Anthropologies B. Thomas Aquinas 11 C. John Calvin 13 D. Rene Descartes 14 E. Conclusion 15 III. Nondualistic Philosophical Anthropologies 16 B. Baruch Spinoza and Dual-Aspect Monism C. Conclusion IV. The Scientific Challenge to Dualism 21 V. The Challenge to Dualism from Biblical Scholarship VI. The Historical-Theological Challenge to Dualism VII. The Challenge to Dualism from Christian Orthopraxis 26 VIII. Conclusion 31 Two Old Testament Anthropology: The Holistic Emphasis B. Modern Christian Antidualism 34 C. Some Questions 36 II. The Holistic Emphasis of the Old Testament 37 B. Old Testament Anthropological Terms 38 C. Preliminary Results for the Holism-Dualism Debate III. Philosophical Reflections B. The Old Testament and Philosophical Anthropology 49 Three Old Testament Anthropology: The Dualistic Implication B. Sheol C. Existence in Sheol 55 D. Terminology for the Dead 59 E. Hope Beyond the Grave; Resurrection 62 II. Philosophical Reflection: Holistic Dualism B. Dualism: The Inescapable Implication of Existence in Sheol 69 C. Holistic Dualism: Philosophical Implication of Old Testament Anthropology Four The Anthropology of Intertestamental Eschatology II. Intertestamental Views of the Afterlife 74 B. Sheol and the Sadducees C. The Immortality of the Soul D. Varieties of Resurrection E. The Intermediate State F. Hellenistic Dualism? G. Where Are the Dead?A Topography of the Afterlife 86 H. The Pharisees 89 III. Summary and Conclusions Five The Monism-Dualism Debate about New Testament Anthropology II. A Preliminary Assessment of the Case for Dualism III. A Preliminary Assessment of the Case for Monism 99 IV. The Key Issue: What Happens When We Die? 104 B. Alternative One: Immediate Resurrection 106 C. Alternative Two: Extinction-Re-creation V. The Strategy for Concluding the Debate 108