Creatio ex nihilo : the doctrine of creation out of nothing in early Christian thought / Gerhard May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Gerhard, author.

Series:

Academic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creation--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Creation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark International, [1994]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A unique study challenging the assumption that the doctrine of 'creation out of nothing' was inherited by Christianity along with the Jewish scriptures which the Church adopted.

Contents:

Contents; Preface to English Edition; Foreword; Some English Translations of Foreign Books Cited in the Notes; 1. The Problem of the Creation of the World in Hellenistic Judaism and EariyChristianity before the Gnostic Crisis in the Second Century; 2. The Question of the Origin of the World in Christian Gnosticism; 3. The Creation of the World in Basilides and the Valentinians; 4. Christian and Platonist Cosmology; 5. The Church Doctrine of Creatio Ex Nibilo; Recapitulation; Editions of Ancient Texts; Index of Biblical References; Index of Ancient Authors and Sources; Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-19975-0

9786613199751

0-567-45622-6

OCLC:

745866675