A new glimpse of Day One : intertextuality, history of interpretation, and Genesis 1.1-5 / S.D. Giere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giere, S. D. (Samuel D.)

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der alteren Kirche, 0171-6441 ; Bd. 172

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intertextuality in the Bible.

Jewish religious literature--History and criticism.

Jewish religious literature.

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Intertextuality.

Bible. O.T. Genesis I, 1-5--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Bible.

Bible. O.T. Genesis I, 1-5--Comparative studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Informed by the understanding that all texts are intertexts, this work develops and employs a method that utilizes the concept of intertextuality for the purpose of exploring the history of interpretation of a biblical text. With Day One, Genesis 1.1-5, as the primary text, the intertextuality of this biblical text is investigated in its Hebrew (Masoretic Text) and Greek (Septuagint) contexts. The study then broadens to take up the intertextuality of Day One in other Hebrew and Greek texts up to c. 200 CE, moving from Hebrew texts such as Ben Sira and the Dead Sea Scrolls to Greek texts such as Josephus, Philo, the New Testament, and early Christian texts. What emerges from this is a new glimpse of the intertextuality of Day One that provides insight into the complexity of the intertextuality of a biblical text and the role that language plays in intertextuality and interpretation. In addition to the methodological insights that this approach provides to the history of interpretation, the study also sheds light on textual and theological questions that relate to Day One, including the genesis of creatio ex nihilo.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Intertextuality & Method

Chapter 2 Genesis 1.1-5 in the Hebrew Bible

Chapter 3 Genesis 1.1-5 in Greek Equivalents of Texts in the Hebrew Bible

Chapter 4 Intertextual Afterlives of Genesis 1.1-5 in Hebrew

Chapter 5 Intertextual Afterlives of Genesis 1.1-5 in Greek

Chapter 6 The Tapestries of Genesis 1.1-5

Backmatter

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews, 2006.

Includes bibliogrphical references.

ISBN:

9786612715075

9781282715073

1282715070

9783110224344

3110224348

OCLC:

642206483