The creation of heaven and earth: re-interpretation of Genesis I in the context of Judaism, ancient philosophy, Christianity, and modern physics
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Brill 2005
Schriftenreihe:Themes in biblical narrative v. 8
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
"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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 284 pages)
ISBN:1429452668
9004142355
9781429452663
9789004142350

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