Beyond Eden : the biblical story of Paradise (Genesis 2-3) and its reception history / edited by Konrad Schmid and Christoph Riedweg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riedweg, Christoph.

Schmid, Konrad, 1965-

Series:

Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2.Reihe - Band 34

Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe, 1611-4914 ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. O.T. Genesis II-III--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Congresses.

Bible.

Eden--Congresses.

Eden.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1. Aufl.

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hauptbeschreibung The biblical story of paradise (Genesis 2-3) is probably one of the best known texts in world literature. It has had a rich reception history over many centuries. Genesis 2-3 formulates fundamental premises and problems of human self-understanding in the Western world. The biblical text of Genesis 2-3 itself has almost been buried under its traditional interpretations. In the Christian realm, it is commonly known as the story of Adam, Eve, the apple, the fall and the punishment of humankind with mortality. However, only Eve is really present in the biblical text, a

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Vorwort; JEAN-LOUIS SKA:Genesis 2-3: Some Fundamental Questions; A short history of the research on Genesis 2-3; The composition of Genesis 2-3: A unitary or composite text?; The story of creation and the story of paradise lost; The doublet of vv. 8 and 15; How do the serpent and Eve come to know of the prohibition against eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge?; Why is the tree of life mentioned only at the beginning and the end of the account?; A question of grammar; A question of narrative style; Double conclusion in 3:23-24; The date of composition

Sapiential motifsThe creation from dust; The tree of life; The garden of God and the garden of Eden; Allusions to Genesis 2-3 in the Old Testament; Conclusion; In which environment did the account of Genesis 2-3 arise?; Introductory statement; Genesis 2-3 and "the people of the land"; Conclusion: the two accounts of creation and the compromises of post-exilic Israel; Bibliography; TERJE STORDALEN: Heaven on Earth - Or Not? Jerusalem as Eden in Biblical Literature; 1 A Terrestrial Paradise?; 2 Biblical Weltbilder, Communicative Competence; 3 Eden and the Garden as Topography: Some Passages

3.1 Explicit References3.2 Samples of Implicit References; 4 Jerusalem as Eden; 4.1 Figurative Speech; 4.2 Utopian Biblical Literature; 4.3 Eden as Utopia; 4.4 Rivers from Eden: Cosmic Symbolism; 5 Interlude: Rivers Flowing into New Sources; 6 Cosmography in Genesis 2-3; 6.1 In 'the East' or In 'The Beginning'?; 6.2 One River, Four Heads; 7 Ou-topos: The Garden of Eden in a New Key; 7.1 Paradises On Maps; 7.2 Cosmology in (Christian) Theologies; 7.3 Eden Cosmology - Symbolic and Utopian; 7.4 Eden - Simultaneously Locative and Utopian; Bibliography

KONRAD SCHMID: Loss of Immortality? Hemeneutical Aspects of Genesis 2-3 and Its Early Receptions1 Introduction: The Loss of Immortality as a Receptional Dimension of Genesis 2-3; 2 A Look Behind the Scene: Was Humanity Created to Be Immortal According to Genesis 2?; 3 Death and Immortality in Early Receptions of Genesis 2-3; 3.1 Ben Sira; 3.2 Wisdom of Solomon; 3.3 1.Enoch; 3.4 4.Ezra and 2.Baruch; 3.5 Josephus; 3.6 Philo; 3.7 The Letters of Paul; 4 Conclusion; Bibliography; HERMANN SPIECKERMANN: Is God's Creation Good? From Hesiodus to Ben Sira; 1 Hesiodus

2 The Creation Narrative in Genesis 13 The Creation Narrative in Genesis 2-3; 4 Plato; 5 Qohelet; 6 Ben Sira; Bibliography; THOMAS KRÜGER: Sündenfall? Überlegungen zur theologischen Bedeutung der Paradiesgeschichte; Kein Sündenfall; Nachdenken über die Lebensbedingungen des Menschen; Erwachsenwerden als Modell im Hintergrund der Paradiesgeschichte; Gottesbild und Menschenbild; Literaturverzeichnis; LAURA NASRALLAH: The Earthen Human, the Breathing Statue. The Sculptor God, Greco-Roman Statuary, and Clement of Alexandria; 1 The Image and Likeness of God, The Embarrassment of Clay

1.1 Two Extremes: Hypostasis of the Archons and Tertullian

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Druckversion

ISBN:

1-280-01311-7

9786613513861

3-16-151132-8

OCLC:

782878493