Creation in Jewish and Christian Tradition (JSOT Supplement Series)

Cover......Page 1
Creation in Jewish and Christian Tradition......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 9
List of Contributors......Page 14
Part I. The Bible......Page 16
Frank H. Polak: Poetic Style and Parallelism in the Creation Account (Genesis 1.1-2.3)......Page 17
1. Hymnic Features......Page 19
2. The Poetic Opening......Page 24
3. Additional Features of the Poetic Diction......Page 26
4. Prosodic Patterns: Prose or Poetry?......Page 30
5. The Hymn of Creation: Prosodical Structure......Page 38
6. The Hymn of Creation: A Sense of Meaning......Page 41
7. The Sabbath and the Priestly Source......Page 42
1. Introduction......Page 47
2. Methodology......Page 49
3. Biblical Associations with the FCS......Page 52
4. Conclusions and Implications......Page 65
Appendix A: Distribution of FCS Key Words in Non-Creation Writings......Page 67
Appendix B: Texts Mentioned and Discussed......Page 68
Winfried Thiel: God as Creator and Lord of Nature in the Deuteronomistic Literature......Page 69
1. Introduction......Page 87
2. The Journey......Page 96
2. God's Accompaniment on the Journey in Face of Adversaries......Page 99
4. The Calling by Name......Page 104
5. The Creation from the Womb......Page 107
6. Chapter 48: A Synopsis of the Typologized History of Jacob......Page 114
Conclusion......Page 120
2. General Considerations on Paul and the Interpretation of Paul......Page 126
3. Creation, Cosmic World, Universe, View of the World and of God, Jesus Christ, Cosmic Powers.......Page 130
4. The 'New Creation' (2 Cor. 5.17; Gal. 6.15) as Statement about Christians in Connection with the Eschatological Relation between Old and New......Page 135
5. Adam or Man as the Old and the New, the First and the Last in Connection with Anthropology and Christology......Page 140
6. The Created Universe Suffering and in Hope in Romans 8.18-25, Combined with the Dualism of the Two Ages and Universal Eschatology......Page 144
7. Special Fields of Ideas and Problems......Page 148
8. Conclusion......Page 151
Elke Toenges: 'See, I am making all things new': New Creation in the Book of Revelation......Page 153
1. The City Metaphor......Page 155
2. Literature of Resistance......Page 156
3. The City as Community......Page 160
4. Paradise......Page 164
5. Relations to Israel and the World......Page 165
6. Summary......Page 167
Henning Graf Reventlow: Creation as a Topic in Biblical Theology......Page 168
Part II. Religious History and Early Judaism......Page 188
1. Initial Creation......Page 189
2. Continuous Creation......Page 191
3. End of Creation......Page 192
4. Theodicy......Page 193
The Creation of the World and the Shaping of Ethos and Religion in Ancient Israel / Ithamar Gruenwald......Page 194
1. Introduction: 'Myths Never Forget'......Page 234
2. The Formation of the Human in Genesis 2 and in Ancient Semitic Literature......Page 235
3. The Golem......Page 244
4. The Function and Purpose of Humanity in Ancient Semitic Creation Stories......Page 246
5. The Function and Purpose of Humanity in Genesis 2......Page 247
6. Hermeneutic Implications for Reading Genesis 2......Page 250
1. A Shared Mythic Pattern......Page 253
8. A Happier Ending......Page 254
The Idea of Creation and its Implications in Qumran Literature / Bilha Nitzan......Page 255
Part III. Systematic Theology......Page 280
Christian Link: Providence: An Unsolved Problem of the Doctrine of Creation......Page 281
Wilhelm Gräb: Creation or Nature? About Dialogue Between Theology and Natural Sciences......Page 292
I. The Scientific Worldview and 'Creation' as Symbolic-Religious Interpretation of the World.......Page 295
II. Openness of the Scientific Worldviewfor a Symbolic-Religious Interpretation of the World.......Page 298
III. Theology and Science in Conversation about the Meaning of Self and World.......Page 301
1. Organizational Framework......Page 306
2. What Are Some of the Presuppositions of the JPIC Process?......Page 309
3. What are Some of the Theological Implications?......Page 315
4. Some Consequences......Page 320
A. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Ancient Near East......Page 324
B. Early Judaism, Qumran......Page 338
C. New Testament and Apocalyptic......Page 341
E. Medieaval Jewish Literature......Page 343
F. History of Religion......Page 344
H. Modern Jewish Authors......Page 345
J. Theology, Philosophy and Natural Sciences......Page 346
L. Hermeneutics......Page 347
N. Varia......Page 348
Index of References......Page 349
Index of Authors......Page 366
Back Matter: JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SUPPLEMENT SERIES......Page 372