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== Thus when Genesis 1:26-7 mentions that man was made "in the image of God", Hellenists look for physical attributes,
Which is belied by all the evidence (unless you're relying strictly on story of Mt. Olympus) as I indicated above. The Platonic tendency was to striop God of any anthropomorphic attribute. ...
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== how man acts like God while fulfilling his role as God's representative as a created being in charge of the created universe.
It is true that as the image of God, man serves as God's representative, having dominion over the earth. But scholars are generally in agreement over the fact that dominion is merely a consequence of the image, not its defining element.
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