Creation: Biblical Theologies in the Context of the Ancient Near East

Othmar Keel; Silvia Schroer

Published by Penn State University Press 2015

Creation

Biblical Theologies in the Context of the Ancient Near East

Othmar Keel and Silvia Schroer
Translated by: Peter T. Daniels

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575063607

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About this book

Othmar Keel has become well known as the author of masterly studies on the iconography and texts of the ANE and their relationship to the text of the Hebrew Bible. In this volume, he partners with Silvia Schroer to assemble ANE texts and art that bears on the idea of creation. The result is a convenient assemblage of texts and iconographical data that may be studied in concert, often leading to being able to see old texts in new ways. As with much of this Swiss scholar’s work, this new volume will prove to be a resource for all who wish to study the biblical theology of creation against its wider background.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface to the English Translation Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: The Primacy of Exodus Theology over Creation Theology? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. The Status of Creation Traditions in Several Twentieth-Century Currents of Christian Theology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
II. Contemporary Challenges for a Christian Creation Theology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
III. Traces of a Numinous Approach to the Environment in the Hebrew Bible Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
IV. Creation and Blessing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
V. Ideas of the Origin of the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
VI. The World as Manifestation of Divine Activity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
VII. The Destruction of Creation as a Result of Human Failure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
VIII. The Threatening World as the Work of God in God’s Speeches (Job 38–41) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
IX. The Question of Origins in the Ionian Natural Philosophers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
X. The Wisdom Immanent in the World as the Prime Beginning in the First Testament Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
XI. The Theologization of Wisdom, a Post-Critical Naivete (Modesty), and the Desire for Eternity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
A Selection of Nonbiblical Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Index of Scripture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256

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Published: October 9, 2015
ISBN: 9781575063607