Beginnings: ancient Christian readings of the biblical creation narratives
And there was evening : a preface -- The authors under review -- The questions we pose -- A word about language -- Acknowledgments -- And there was morning : an introduction -- The text and its journey -- Silence and irruption : first references to Genesis 1-3 -- Summary -- Philo : a coda -- At the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Grand Rapids, Mich.
Baker Acad.
c2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives. By Peter C. Bouteneff (2010) (Meredith, Anthony, 1936 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Creation account
/ Reception
/ Paul Apostle
B Bible / Creation account / Reception / Church B Apologists / Church fathers / Creation theology |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Creationism
Biblical teaching
B Creation History of doctrines B Creation Biblical teaching B Creationism History of doctrines |
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Table of Contents |
| Summary: | And there was evening : a preface -- The authors under review -- The questions we pose -- A word about language -- Acknowledgments -- And there was morning : an introduction -- The text and its journey -- Silence and irruption : first references to Genesis 1-3 -- Summary -- Philo : a coda -- At the birth of Christian reflection : Paul and the New Testament -- Paul in context -- Paul and Scripture -- Paul and the paradise narrative : sin and death -- Paul and the paradise narrative : gender and marriage -- Paul and the evangelists -- Postscript : the Pastoral Epistles -- Conclusions -- Recapitulation : the second-century apologists -- The Scriptures of the people -- Justin Martyr -- Melito of Sardis -- Theophilus of Antioch -- Irenaeus of Lyons -- Conclusions -- Senses of Scripture : the world of Origen and the origin of the world -- Tertullian -- Origen -- Conclusions -- Paradise, whatever that may mean : the Cappadocians and their Origen -- Cyril of Jerusalem -- Athanasius of Alexandria -- Enshrining Origen : the Philocalia -- Basil of Caesarea -- Gregory of Nazianzus -- Gregory of Nyssa -- Conclusions -- These are the generations : concluding observations -- Scripture and exegesis -- The Hexaemeron -- Paradise -- Allegory, type, myth, and history -- The one thing needful |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and indexes |
| Physical Description: | XV, 240 S., 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-8010-3233-4 978-0-8010-3233-2 |
