Hidden truths from Eden : esoteric readings of Genesis 1-3 /
edited by Susanne Scholz and Caroline Vander Stichele.
- 1 online resource (x, 286 pages.)
- Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies ; number 76 .
- Semeia studies ; no. 76. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Adam, Eve, and the serpent in the acts of Andrew / Imperial propaganda in paradise? : Christ as eagle in the Apocryphon of John / A fitting portrait of God : Origen's interpretations of the "Garments of Skin" (Gen 3:21) / Bifurcating the androgyne and engendering sin : a Zoharic reading of Gen 1-3 / The Genesis of Christian Kabbalah : early modern speculations on the work of creation / The mystery of Mysterium Magnum : Paracelsus's alchemical interpretation of creation in Philosophia ad Atheniensis and its early modern commentators / Beyond postmodernism? : esoteric interpretations of Gen 1-3 / 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) / The Bible and Africana esoterism : toward an architectonic for interdisciplinary study / Strategies of esoteric exegesis / Esotericism and biblical interpretation / Anna Rebecca Solevig -- Tuomas Rasimus -- Peter W. Martens -- Elliot R. Wolfson -- Peter J. Forshaw -- Georgiana (Jo) Hedesan -- by E. Swedenborg, R. Steiner, and S.D. Fohr, Susanne Scholz -- Laszlo-Attila Hubbes -- Hugh R. Page Jr. -- Elaine Pagels -- Samuel D. Fohr. Part 1: Early Christian explorations. Part 2: Zoharic, Kabbalistic, and alchemical speculations. Part 3: From modern to post-postmodern (re-)visions. Part 4: Responses.
"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"--