The Priestly Vision of Genesis 1 /
Introduction -- The purpose and parameters of this book -- The plan of this book -- The format of this book -- Prelude: Creation in the Bible -- Models of creation in the Bible -- Creation as divine might -- Creation as divine wisdom -- Creation as divine presence -- Part I: Creation and the priestl...
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Minneapolis, MN :
Fortress Press,
2010.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- The purpose and parameters of this book
- The plan of this book
- The format of this book
- Prelude: Creation in the Bible
- Models of creation in the Bible
- Creation as divine might
- Creation as divine wisdom
- Creation as divine presence
- Part I: Creation and the priestly vision of reality
- The first day : questions about Genesis 1
- Does Genesis 1:1 begin in "the" beginning?
- Did God make creation from nothing in Genesis 1:2?
- Does genesis 1 explain the origins of good and evil?
- What is the significance of divine speech in Genesis 1:3?
- Was the light on day one in Genesis 1:3 created?
- Why are divine sight, separation, and speech in Genesis 1:4-5 important?
- Who is the audience for the divine speech and light in Genesis 1?
- The first week : priestly time and space, humanity and divinity
- Priestly time and space
- Priestly time : the lights of day four
- Priestly person : humanity on day six
- Priestly God : divine blessing and Sabbath on day seven
- The priestly vision of Genesis 1
- Part II: Literary issues concerning Genesis 1 and its position in the Hebrew Bible
- The first creation story : Genesis 1 as priestly prologue and commentary
- The scribal background of biblical texts
- The priestly, scribal context of Genesis 1
- Genesis 1 as implicit commentary in narrative form
- Is Genesis 1 a creation myth? : yes and no
- Myth and its modern definers
- Ancient signs of what myths are
- Myths in relation to various genres
- Divine space in myth
- Is Genesis 1 a "creation myth"?
- Appendix: A very brief introduction to modern scholarly approaches to Genesis 1
- Recent approaches in biblical studies
- Traditional approaches and Genesis 1
- A few reflections.