Abstract
Nature, and the place of humans within it, has again become a topic of much discussion. The tendency of biblical scholars has been to describe the human being in terms that set it apart from nature. More recently, ecological concerns have impelled biblical scholars to rethink their position. This has caused them to reevaluate the nature of humanity and to construe the human being not as standing above or at the center of nature, but as being part of nature.
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