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The story of paradise (Genesis 2-3) is probably one of the best known texts in world literature. It has had a very rich reception history over many centuries. Genesis 2-3 formulates fundamental premises and problems of human self-understanding in the Western world. Why is the world in which we live seen as a "paradise lost"? Why might human knowledge be problematic? Why does human society have a patriarchal structure? Why is human existence limited in terms of time? Using a multidisciplinary approach, this volume explores the historical meanings and the many ways in which this narrative has been received. With contributions by: Rudiger Bittner, Emidio Campi, Daniele Garrone, Thomas Kruger, Laura Nasrallah, Christoph Riedweg, Konrad Schmid, Michael Signer, Jean-Louis Ska, Hermann Spieckermann, Terje Stordalen, Michael Stone, Nira Stone
Price: £75.10
Pages: 293
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Publication Date:
09 December 2008
ISBN: 9783161496462
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Jean-Louis Ska: Genesis 2-3: Some fundamental questions - Daniele Garrone: Diese endlich ist Gebein von meinem Gebein und Fleisch von meinem Fleisch. ... und sie werden ein Fleisch. Ehe als Schopfungsordnung? Exegetische und theologische Uberlegungen - Terje Stordalen: Heaven on Earth -Or Not? Jerusalem as Eden in Biblical Literature - Konrad Schmid: Loss of Immortality? Hermeneutical Aspects of Genesis 2-3 and Its Early Receptions - Hermann Spieckermann: Is God's Creation Good? From Hesiodos to Plato and from the Creation Narratives (Genesis 1-3) to Ben Sira - Thomas Kruger: Sundenfall? Uberlegungen zur theologischen Bedeutung der Paradieserzahlung - Laura Nasrallah: The Earthen Human, the Breathing Statue: The Sculptor God, Greco-Roman Statuary, and Clement of Alexandria - Michael Stone: Satan and the Serpent - Christoph Riedweg: Das Verbot, vom Baum der Erkenntnis von Gut und Bose zu essen (Gen 2,17): Zeichen eines missgunstigen Gottes? Kaiser Julian und Kyrill von Alexandrien in einer virtuellen Debatte - Michael A. Signer: Coming to Consciousness: Knowing, Choosing or Stealing? Approaches to the Story of the Garden (Genesis 2-3) in Medieval Northern French Jewish Exegesis - Nira Stone: The Four Rivers that Flowed from Eden - Emidio Campi: Genesis 1-3 and the Sixteenth Century Reformers - Rudiger Bittner: Wozu Paradiese?