ancient Christian readings of the biblical creation narratives Bouteneff, Peter. creator text bibliography miu Grand Rapids, MI Baker Academic c2008 2008 monographic eng

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xv, 240 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm. And there was evening : a preface -- The authors under review -- The questions we pose -- A word about language -- Acknowledgments -- And there was morning : an introduction -- The text and its journey -- Silence and irruption : first references to Genesis 1-3 -- Summary -- Philo : a coda -- At the birth of Christian reflection : Paul and the New Testament -- Paul in context -- Paul and Scripture -- Paul and the paradise narrative : sin and death -- Paul and the paradise narrative : gender and marriage -- Paul and the evangelists -- Postscript : the Pastoral Epistles -- Conclusions -- Recapitulation : the second-century apologists -- The Scriptures of the people -- Justin Martyr -- Melito of Sardis -- Theophilus of Antioch -- Irenaeus of Lyons -- Conclusions -- Senses of Scripture : the world of Origen and the origin of the world -- Tertullian -- Origen -- Conclusions -- Paradise, whatever that may mean : the Cappadocians and their Origen -- Cyril of Jerusalem -- Athanasius of Alexandria -- Enshrining Origen : the Philocalia -- Basil of Caesarea -- Gregory of Nazianzus -- Gregory of Nyssa -- Conclusions -- These are the generations : concluding observations -- Scripture and exegesis -- The Hexaemeron -- Paradise -- Allegory, type, myth, and history -- The one thing needful. Peter C. Bouteneff. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and indexes. criticism, interpretation, etc history Creation History of doctrines Creation Biblical teaching Creationism History of doctrines Creationism Biblical teaching 222.110609/BOU 9780801032332 (pbk.) 0801032334 (pbk.) 2008016926 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008016926.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008016926.html DLC 080414 20120706111333.0 15260220