| Description |
1 online resource (x, 286 pages) |
| Series |
Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies ; number 76 |
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Semeia studies ; no. 76.
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| Contents |
Part 1: Early Christian explorations. Adam, Eve, and the serpent in the acts of Andrew / Anna Rebecca Solevig -- Imperial propaganda in paradise? : Christ as eagle in the Apocryphon of John / Tuomas Rasimus -- A fitting portrait of God : Origen's interpretations of the "Garments of Skin" (Gen 3:21) / Peter W. Martens -- Part 2: Zoharic, Kabbalistic, and alchemical speculations. Bifurcating the androgyne and engendering sin : a Zoharic reading of Gen 1-3 / Elliot R. Wolfson -- The Genesis of Christian Kabbalah : early modern speculations on the work of creation / Peter J. Forshaw -- The mystery of Mysterium Magnum : Paracelsus's alchemical interpretation of creation in Philosophia ad Atheniensis and its early modern commentators / Georgiana (Jo) Hedesan -- Part 3: From modern to post-postmodern (re- )visions. Beyond postmodernism? : esoteric interpretations of Gen 1-3 / by E. Swedenborg, R. Steiner, and S.D. Fohr, Susanne Scholz -- Restoring a broken creation during times of Apocalypse : an essay on the analogical symbolism of fall and integrity in the metaphysics of Bila Hamvas (1897/1968) / Laszlo-Attila Hubbes -- The Bible and Africana esoterism : toward an architectonic for interdisciplinary study / Hugh R. Page Jr. -- Part 4: Responses. Strategies of esoteric exegesis / Elaine Pagels -- Esotericism and biblical interpretation / Samuel D. Fohr |
| Summary |
"This unique volume features case studies and examples of diverse esoteric interpretive approaches and methodologies focusing on Genesis 1-3 and covering different periods from early Christian discourse through Zoharic, Kabbalistic and alchemical literature to modern and post-postmodern approaches"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Genesis, I-III -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
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Bible. Genesis, I-III -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish -- History
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Bible. Genesis, I-III fast |
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Creation -- Biblical teaching.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Exegesis & Hermeneutics.
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Creation -- Biblical teaching
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Scholz, Susanne, 1963- editor.
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Vander Stichele, Caroline, editor.
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| ISBN |
1628370130 |
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9781628370133 |
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