Jewish and Christian cosmogony in late antiquity / edited by Lance Jenott and Sarit Kattan Gribetz.
Contributor(s): Jenott, Lance [editor.]
| Gribetz, Sarit Kattan [editor.] | Jewish and Christian cosmogony in late antiquity (2010 : Princeton University)
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TextSeries: Texte und Studien zum antiken Judentum: 155.Publisher: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: x, 336 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783161519932 (hardback); 3161519930 (hardback)Subject(s): Cosmogony, Ancient | Cosmogony, Ancient -- CongressesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-309) and indexes.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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"This volume presents essays that emerged from a colloquium on the topic of cosmogony (the creation of the world) among ancient Jews and Christians held at Princeton University in May 2010."--Page [v].
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-309) and indexes.
In the beginning : cosmogony in late antiquity / Lance Jenott, Sarit Kattan Gribetz -- part I: Scripture and interpretation -- Made to order : creation in Jubilees / James C. VanderKam -- The Rabbinic ban on Ma'aseh bereshit : sources, contexts and concerns / Yair Furstenberg -- Constructing a Christian universe : mythological exegesis of Ben Sira 24 and John's prologue in the Gospel of truth / Geoffrey S. Smith -- part II: Theology and anthropology -- The emergence of monotheistic creation theology in Hellenistic Judaism / Maren R. Niehoff -- The archangel Michael in Ophite creation mythology / Tuomas Rasimus -- Constant creation : (pro)creation in Palestinian Rabbinic Midrashim / Gwynn Kessler -- Corpus Hermeticum, tractate III : the genesis of a Genesis / Christian Wildberg -- part III: Pedagogy and ethics -- Moses the pedagogue : Procopius, Philo, and Didymus on the pedagogy of the creation account / Richard A. Layton -- "Humanity came to be according to three essential types" : anthropology and ethical responsibility in the Tripartite tractate / Alexander Kocar -- Recovering Adam's lost glory : Nag Hammadi Codex II in its Egyptian monastic environment / Lance Jenott -- part IV: Space and ritual -- Rock over water : pre-historic rocks and primordial waters from creation to salvation in Jerusalem / Naomi Koltun-Fromm -- Darkness upon the abyss : depicting cosmogany in late antiquity / Mika Ahuvia -- The ritualization of creation in Jewish and Christian liturgical texts from late antiquity / Ophir Münz Manor.