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The genesis of Genesis [electronic resource] : the mytho-empiricism of creation / by Shlomo Giora Shoham.

By: Publication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.Description: 1 online resource ([xi], 311 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781443827621 (electronic bk.)
  • 1443827622 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Genesis of Genesis.DDC classification:
  • 202.4 22
LOC classification:
  • BL227 .S56 2011eb
Online resources: Summary: "The Genesis of Genesis is about the mytho-empiricism of creation-- cosmogony. In its attempt to compare the mythologies of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean cultures--Egyptian, Greek, Judaic and Mesopotamian--the Judaic cosmogony of genesis, which is unique in its reliance on the word as creative agent, is contrasted with the Egyptian, Greek and Mesopotamian mythologies, which are more deterministic"--Publisher.
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"The Genesis of Genesis is about the mytho-empiricism of creation-- cosmogony. In its attempt to compare the mythologies of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean cultures--Egyptian, Greek, Judaic and Mesopotamian--the Judaic cosmogony of genesis, which is unique in its reliance on the word as creative agent, is contrasted with the Egyptian, Greek and Mesopotamian mythologies, which are more deterministic"--Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-311).

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