The earth story in Genesis / edited by Norman C. Habel & Shirley Wurst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Habel, Norman C., editor.

Wurst, Shirley, editor.

Series:

Earth Bible ; 2.

The earth Bible ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis.

Bible.

Ecology--Religious aspects.

Ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A series of articles by scholars from around the world reading the story of Earth in Genesis in the light of the ecojustice principles enunciated in Volume One, 'Readings from the Perspective of Earth'. These readings uncover how Earth may be valued or de-valued, given a voice or denied a voice, dominated or served, depending on the orientation of the text. In Genesis 1, for example, the intrinsic worth of Earth is highlighted in the 'revealing' of Earth's presence but negated when humans are given the right to 'subdue' it. In Genesis 9 the text begins with the Earth community terrified by, an

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Editorial Preface; Preface; Abbreviations List; List of Contributors; Six Ecojustice Principles; Conversations with Gene Tucker and Other Writers; Geophany: The Earth Story in Genesis 1; Rest for the Earth? Another Look at Genesis 2.1-3; Common Ground: An Ecological Reading of Genesis 2-3; Earthing the Human in Genesis 1-3; 'Beloved, Come Back to Me': Ground's Theme Song in Genesis 3?; Alienation and 'Emancipation' from the Earth: The Earth Story in Genesis 4; Ecojustice: A Study of Genesis 6.11-13; Mixed Blessings for Animals: The Contrasts of Genesis 9

The Voice of the Earth: An Indigenous Reading of Genesis 9The Earth Story as Presented by the Tower of Babel Narrative; Chosen People in a Chosen Land: Theology and Ecology in the Story of Israel's Origins; The Priestly Promise of the Land: Genesis 17.8 in the Context of P as a Whole; 'For Out of that Well the Flocks were Watered': Stories of Wells in Genesis; Forgotten Voices of Earth: The Blessing Subjects in Genesis 49; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 16, 2014).

ISBN:

9786613199669

9781283199667

1283199661

9780567445377

0567445372

OCLC:

741691172