Die Anthropologie des Apostels Paulus (1872 Lüdemann), book

Die Anthropologie des Apostels Paulus und ihre Stellung innerhalb seiner Heilslehre: Erster Theil, Die physische Anthropologie <German> (1872) is an book by Hermann Lüdemann.

Abstract

Lüdemann's discussion of anthropology in the Pauline letters begins from Paul's two conceptions of "flesh," a simple meaning and a dualistic, sin-causing meaning. These two conceptions of flesh leads to two different doctrines of man's nature which lead to two conceptions of redemption. In the first, sin is due to free-will. Fulfillment of the Law is possible and redemption consists in a judgment of acquittal pronounced by God. This "Jewish-religious" doctrine of redemption is centered on the death of Jesus. The second concept of redemption is the "ethico-dualistic," where sin proceeds from flesh out of natural necessity. Death is the natural outcome of flesh, and redemption only consists in the abolition of the flesh. The redemptive act takes place during baptism and is centered on the resurrection of Jesus. Otto Pfleiderer's concept of the dual lines of thought in Paulinism - the juridical (i.e., Pharisaic) and the "mystico-ethical" (i.e., Hellenistic) follows Lüdemann's lead.

Editions and translations

Published in Kiel: C.F. Mohr, 1872.