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Beginnings : ancient Christian readings of the biblical creation narratives / Peter C. Bouteneff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2008.Description: xv, 240 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801032332 (pbk.)
  • 0801032334 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 222/.110609015 22
LOC classification:
  • BT695 .B63 2008
Contents:
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.
Item type: Books
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Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BT 695 .B63 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA018489 Available AUA018489

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and indexes.

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.