The Creation in the Old Testament. Some Pointers
The so-called "Creation accounts" in Genesis 1-2 place the accent on the complex relationship between God and that which is created, and on the relatively central position of the human being in the terrestrial sphere over which he receives the responsability to exercise dominion. This cent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Roma
Gregorian & Biblical Press
2011
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| In: | Sonderdruck aus: Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories. A Critical Appraisal 150 Years After "The Origin of Species" p. 543-555 |
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| Summary: | The so-called "Creation accounts" in Genesis 1-2 place the accent on the complex relationship between God and that which is created, and on the relatively central position of the human being in the terrestrial sphere over which he receives the responsability to exercise dominion. This centrality of humanity and of its role in the created world, which is echoed in Psalm 8, is however relativized by other texts of a sapiential type, like the divine speeches at the end of the Book of Job (chap. 38-41) or Psalm 104: these two texts, that clearly affirm the sovranity of God, emphasize that human beings are a part of the created reality with which they are in solidarity to such an extent that any idea of dominion is in fact contested. This paper aims to explore more deeply this paradoxical vision of the creation that we find in the Old Testament. |
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 2078.1/125288 |