Creation in Jewish and Christian Tradition

This volume brings together Jewish and Christian scholars with perspectives on Creation in the Bible (Tanakh, Old Testament, New Testament), in ancient Egypt and Israel, and at Qumran, as well as contemporary theological, philosophical and political issues raised by the biblical, Jewish and Christian concepts of creation.

Preface

vii

Abbreviations

viii

List of Contributors

xiii

Part I The Bible

Poetic Style and Parallelism in the Creation Account (Genesis 1.1-2.3)

2

(30)

Frank H. Polak

The First Creation Story: Canonical and Diachronic Aspects

32

(22)

Yair Hoffman

God as Creator and Lord of Nature in the Deuteronomistic Literature

54

(18)

Winfried Thiel

Deutero-Isaiah's Typological Use of Jacob in the Portrayal of Israel's National Renewal

72

(39)

Meira Polliack

Creation in Paul's Theology

111

(27)

Gottfried Nebe

`See I am making all things new': New Creation in the Book of Revelation

138

(15)

Elke Toenges

Creation as a Topic in Biblical Theology

153

(21)

Henning Graf Reventlow

Part II Religious History and Early Judaism

Patterns Of Creation in Ancient Egypt

174

(5)

Hans-Peter Hasenfratz

The Creation of the World and the Shaping of Ethos and Religion in Ancient Israel

179

(40)

Ithamar Gruenwald

God's Golem: The Creation of the Human in Genesis 2

219

(21)

Edward L. Greenstein

The Idea of Creation and its Implications in Qumran Literature

240

(26)

Bilha Nitzan

Part III Systematic Theology

Providence: An Unsolved Problem of the Doctrine of Creation

266

(11)

Christian Link

Creation or Nature? About Dialogue between Theology and Natural Sciences

277

(14)

Wilhelm Grab

The Concept of Creation in the Conciliar Process of Justice Peace and the Integrity of Creation

291

(18)

Erich Geldbach

Bibliography

309

(25)

Index of References

334

(17)

Index of Authors

351

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Creation in Jewish and Christian Tradition

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