The creation of heaven and earth : re-interpretation of Genesis I in the context of Judaism, ancient philosophy, Christianity, and modern physics /
"This volume discusses the narrative of the macro-creation of heaven, earth and light in the first chapter of Genesis and focuses extensively on its later interpretations in different cultural and religious contexts."--Jacket
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2005.
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Colección: | Themes in biblical narrative ;
v. 8. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The creation of light in Genesis 1:1-5 : remarks on the function of light and darkness in the opening verses of the Hebrew Bible / Ed Noort
- Back to chaos : the relationship between Jeremiah 4:23-26 and Genesis 1 / Jacques van Ruiten
- "Lights serving as signs for festivals" (Genesis 1:14b) in Enūma eliš and early Judaism / Eibert Tigchelaar
- Creation in the Dead Sea scrolls / Florentino García Martínez
- Canonical and alternative creation myths in ancient Greece / Jan N. Bremmer
- Cosmic gods and primordial chaos in Hellenistic and Roman philosophy : the context of Philo's interpretation of Plato's Timaeus and the Book of Genesis / John Dillon
- God the creator, god the creation : Numenius' interpretation of Genesis 1:2 (Frg. 30) / Robbert M. van den Berg
- Galen and Genesis / Teun Tieleman
- The "true light which enlightens everyone" (John 1:9) : John, Genesis, the Platonic notion of "true, noetic light," and the allegory of the cave in Plato's Republic / George H. van Kooten
- Creation "out of " and "through" water in 2 Peter 3:5 / Edward Adams
- The history-of-religions background of 1 Timothy 4:4 : "everything that God as created is good" / Boudewijn Dehandschutter
- Reading creation : early medieval views of Genesis and Plato's Timaeus / Willemien Otten
- Design in nature : some current issues / René van Woudenberg
- Design in nature : some comments from the ancient perspective / John Dillon.