Genesis and Christian theology / edited by Nathan MacDonald, Mark W. Elliott & Grant Macaskill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MacDonald, Nathan, 1975-

Elliott, M. W. (Mark W.)

Macaskill, Grant.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis--Theology--Congresses.

Bible.

Bible. Genesis.

Theology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2012.

Summary:

Genesis and Christian Theology contributes significantly to the renewed convergence of biblical studies and systematic theology - two disciplines whose relational disconnect has adversely affected not only the academy but also the church as a whole. In this book twenty-one noted scholars consider the fascinating ancient book of Genesis in dialogue with historical and contemporary theological reflection. Their essays offer new vistas on familiar texts, reawakening past debates and challenging modern clichés.

Nathan Macdonald is reader in Old Testament at the University of St. Andrews and leader of the Sofja-Kovalevskaja research team at the University of Göttingen. Book jacket.

Contents:

Genesis and salvation history. Manifest diversity : the presence of God in Genesis / William P. Brown

Beginning with the ending / R.R. Reno

The akedah in canonical and artistic perspective / Gary A. Anderson

Joseph in the likeness of Adam : narrative echoes of the fall / Timothy J. Stone

"Before Abraham was, I am" : the book of Genesis and the genesis of christology / Knut Backhaus

Genesis 2-3 : a case of inner-biblical interpretation / Christoph Levin

Genesis and divine-human relations. Gregory of Nyssa on language, naming God's creatures, and the desire of the discursive animal / Eric Daryl Meyer

Image, identity, and embodiment : Augustine's interpretation of the human person in Genesis 1-2 / Matthew Drever

Poetry and theology in Milton's Paradise lost / Trevor Hart

Sex or violence? : thinking again with Genesis about fall and original sin / Walter J. Houston

Genesis and the natural world. Interpreting the story of creation : a case study in the dialogue between theology and science / David Fergusson

Humans, animals, and the environment in Genesis 1-3 / Richard Bauckham

Reading Genesis in Borneo : work, guardianship, and companion animals in Genesis 2 / Michael S. Northcott

Covenantal ecology : the inseparability of covenant and creation in the book of Genesis / Brandon Frick

"And without thorn the rose"? : Augustine's interpretations of Genesis 3:18 and the intellectual tradition / Karla Pollmann

Toward a creational perspective on poverty : Genesis 1:26-28, image of God, and its missiological implications / Pascal Daniel Bazzell

Genesis and the people of God. Did God choose the patriarchs? : reading for election in the book of Genesis / Nathan MacDonald

Rebekah's twins : Augustine on election in Genesis / Ellen T. Charry

Abraham and Aeneas : Genesis as Israel's foundation story / R. Walter L. Moberly

Genesis and human society : the learning and teaching people of God / Mark W. Elliott

Food, famine and the nations : a canonical approach to Genesis / Stephen B. Chapman.

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference held July 14-18, 2009 at St. Andrews.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0802867251

9780802867254

OCLC:

756044665

Publisher Number:

99948264994