Creation, un-Creation, Re-creation : A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1-11.

Creation, un-Creation, Re-creation : A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1-11.

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Joseph Blenkinsopp provides a new commentary on Genesis 1-11, the so-called 'Primeval History' in which the account of creation is given. Blenkinsopp works with the conviction that, from a biblical point of view, creation cannot be restricted to a single event, nor to two versions of an ev...

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Author / Creator: Blenkinsopp, Joseph.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2011.
Subjects:
Bible. > O.T. > Genesis I-XI > Commentaries.
Bible stories, English > O.T. Genesis.
Creation > Biblical teaching.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Humanity: The First Phase
  • Genesis 1-11: The Basic Story
  • Sources
  • Theme
  • History or Myth?
  • Creation Beyond Point Zero
  • 2. In the Beginning
  • The Priest-Scribe's Version
  • The Sixth Day (Genesis 1:26-28)
  • What Was There before God Spoke (Genesis 1:1-2)
  • The Abyss and its Denizens
  • The Praise of the Creator God in Psalms
  • Transcendent Wisdom
  • Wisdom, First-Created, First-Generated
  • Summary
  • 3. The Story of the Man, the Woman and the Snake
  • The Eden Myth
  • The Scenario
  • The Man and the Woman
  • The Woman and the Snake
  • The Sequel (Genesis 3:8-24)
  • Summary
  • 4. Cain and Abel: A Murder Mystery
  • Adam's Three Sons
  • Cain and his Descendants
  • Adam, Seth, Enosh
  • The Murder and its Sequel
  • Filling in the Gaps in the Story
  • The Evil that Would Not Die
  • 5. Enoch and his Times
  • The Antediluvians
  • The Search for the Structure of Time
  • Literary Characteristics of the Genealogies
  • The Near-Eastern Horizon of the Antediluvian Genealogy
  • The Seventh Generation
  • The Enoch Profile
  • Enoch's Walk with God and Departure from the Earth
  • Superhuman Males, Human Females, Giant Offspring (Genesis 6:1-4)
  • The Decree Bringing the Old World to an End
  • 6. The Cataclysm
  • The Hebrew-Language Version of the Great Deluge
  • Why Then Did It Happen?
  • Noah's Ark Sanctuary
  • The Cataclysm Described
  • The End in Sight
  • The New Dispensation
  • A New Beginning after a Bad Start
  • 7. The New Humanity
  • The Descendants of Noah, the New Adam
  • Nimrod, First Empire-Builder
  • The Unfinished Tower and the Abandoned City
  • 8. From Shem to Abraham, From Myth to History
  • Epilogue: Towards a Biblical Theology of Creation
  • Is There an Old Testament Theology of Creation?
  • Genesis 1 and Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 40-55)
  • Old Creation, New Creation in Paul.
  • Christ, the Wisdom of God
  • The Dark Side of Creation
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Authors
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  • Index of Subjects
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