Creation in Jewish and Christian tradition / edited by Henning Graf Reventlow and Yair Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reventlow, Henning Graf, editor.

Hoffman, Yair, editor.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 319.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 319

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation--History of doctrines.

Creation.

Biblical cosmology.

Physical Description:

xi, 356 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, [2002]

Summary:

This volume brings together Jewish and Christian scholars with perspectives on Creation in the Bible (Tanakh, Old Testament, New Testament), in ancient Egypt and Israel, and at Qumran, as well as contemporary theological, philosophical and political issues raised by the biblical, Jewish and Christian concepts of creation.

Contents:

Part I The Bible

Poetic Style and Parallelism in the Creation Account (Genesis 1.1-2.3) / Frank H. Polak 2

The First Creation Story: Canonical and Diachronic Aspects / Yair Hoffman 32

God as Creator and Lord of Nature in the Deuteronomistic Literature / Winfried Thiel 54

Deutero-Isaiah's Typological Use of Jacob in the Portrayal of Israel's National Renewal / Meira Polliack 72

Creation in Paul's Theology / Gottfried Nebe 111

'See, I am making all things new': New Creation in the Book of Revelation / Elke Toenges 138

Creation as a Topic in Biblical Theology / Henning Graf Reventlow 153

Part II Religious History and Early Judaism

Patterns of Creation in Ancient Egypt / Hans-Peter Hasenfratz 174

The Creation of the World and the Shaping of Ethos and Religion in Ancient Israel / Ithamar Gruenwald 179

God's Golem: The Creation of the Human in Genesis 2 / Edward L. Greenstein 219

The Idea of Creation and its Implications in Qumran Literature / Bilha Nitzan 240

Part III Systematic Theology

Providence: An Unsolved Problem of the Doctrine of Creation / Christian Link 266

Creation or Nature? About Dialogue between Theology and Natural Sciences / Wilhelm Grab 277

The Concept of Creation in the Conciliar Process of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation / Erich Geldbach 291.

Notes:

"This fifth volume of papers read at the symposia between the Department of Bible of Tel Aviv University and the Faculty of Protestant Theology of the University of the Ruhr, Bochum ... "--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-333) and indexes.

ISBN:

1841271624 :

OCLC:

48025806