Genesis 1 in the Book of "Jubilees"
The author of the Book of Jubilees rewrote the creation stories in Gen 1-2 and fashioned them in such a way as to stress several points: the importance of the Sabbath day, the idea that God alone, without assistance, created everything, and his conviction that God and Israel, who with the elite ange...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-24 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Book of Jubilees
/ Bible. Genesis 1
/ Creation
/ Sabbath
/ Schöpferkraft Gottes
/ Angel
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation NBH Angelology; demonology |
| Further subjects: | B
Creation
B Genesis B Sabbath B Genesis Rabbah B Exodus B Angels B Jubilees B Philo B Isaiah |
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| Summary: | The author of the Book of Jubilees rewrote the creation stories in Gen 1-2 and fashioned them in such a way as to stress several points: the importance of the Sabbath day, the idea that God alone, without assistance, created everything, and his conviction that God and Israel, who with the elite angels are the only ones who celebrate the Sabbath, are joined in a unique relationship of which the Sabbath is a sign. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2022-0010 |