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The creation of heaven and earth : re-interpretation of Genesis I in the context of Judaism, ancient philosophy, Christianity, and modern physics / edited by George H. van Kooten.
Van Pelt Library BS680.C69 C74 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Themes in biblical narrative 1388-3909 ; v. 8.
- Themes in biblical narrative, 1388-3909 ; v. 8
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. New Testament.
- Creation--Biblical teaching--Congresses.
- Creation.
- Biblical cosmology--Congresses.
- Biblical cosmology.
- Bible. Genesis, I--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.
- Bible.
- Bible. Genesis, I.
- Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.
- Cosmology--History--Congresses.
- Cosmology.
- History.
- Creation--Biblical teaching.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 284 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Contents:
- Part I Creation in Genesis, Jeremiah, The Ancient Near East, and Early Judaism
- The Creation of Light in Genesis 1:1-5: Remarks on the Function of Light and Darkness in the Opening Verses of the Hebrew Bible / Ed Noort 3
- Back to Chaos: The Relationship between Jeremiah 4:23-26 and Genesis 1 / Jacques van Ruiten 21
- 'Lights Serving as Signs for Festivals' (Genesis 1:14b) in Enuma Elis and Early Judaism / Eibert Tigchelaar 31
- Creation in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Florentino Garcia Martinez 49
- Part II Creation in Ancient Greece, Ancient Philosophy, and the Earliest Graeco-Roman Interpretations of Genesis 1
- Canonical and Alternative Creation Myths in Ancient Greece / Jan N. Bremmer 73
- Cosmic Gods and Primordial Chaos in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy: The Context of Philo's Interpretation of Plato's Timaeus and the Book of Genesis / John Dillon 97
- God the Creator, God the Creation: Numenius' Interpretation of Genesis 1:2 (Frg. 30) / Robbert M. van den Berg 109
- Galen and Genesis / Teun Tieleman 125
- Part III Creation in the Johannine, Petrine, and Pauline Literatures
- The 'True Light which Enlightens Everyone' (John 1:9): John, Genesis, the Platonic Notion of the 'True, Noetic Light,' and the Allegory of the Cave in Plato's Republic / George H. van Kooten 149
- Creation 'Out of' and 'Through' Water in 2 Peter 3:5 / Edward Adams 195
- The History-of-Religions Background of 1 Timothy 4:4: 'Everything that God has Created is Good' / Boudewijn Dehandschutter 211
- Part IV Creation in the Middle Ages and Modernity
- Reading Creation: Early Medieval Views of Genesis and Plato's Timaeus / Willemien Otten 225
- Design in Nature: Some Current Issues / Rene van Woudenberg 245
- Design in Nature: Some Comments from the Ancient Perspective / John Dillon 263
- I Ancient Near Eastern Texts 267
- II Greek and Latin Pagan Texts 267
- III Jewish Texts 273
- 1 Hebrew Bible 273
- 2 Apocrypha and Septuagint 277
- 3 Pseudepigrapha and other Jewish Texts 277
- 4 Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Texts 278
- 5 Philo of Alexandria 279
- 6 Josephus 279
- 7 Targumim 280
- 8 Rabbinic Texts 280
- IV Christian Texts 280
- 1 New Testament 280
- 2 Early Christian and Medieval Writers 282.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004142355
- OCLC:
- 56608061
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