| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages) |
| Series |
Themes in biblical narrative, 1388-3909 ; v. 8 |
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Themes in biblical narrative ; v. 8. 1388-3909
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Genesis, I. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
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Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
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Bible. Genesis, I fast |
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Bible. New Testament fast |
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Genesis. swd |
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Creation -- Biblical teaching -- Congresses
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Biblical cosmology -- Congresses
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Cosmology -- History -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Biblical cosmology
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Cosmology
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Creation -- Biblical teaching
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Philosophie
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Creatio ex nihilo
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Judentum
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Physik
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Genesis (bijbelboek)
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Kosmologie.
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Schepping.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kooten, Geurt Hendrik van, 1969-
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| ISBN |
9781429452663 |
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1429452668 |
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9789004142350 |
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9004142355 |
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