TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scholz,Susanne
AU  - Vander Stichele,Caroline
TI  - Hidden truths from Eden: esoteric readings of Genesis 1-3 
T2  - Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies
SN  - 1628370130
AV  - BS1235.52 .H533 2014
U1  - 222/.1106 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Atlanta
PB  - SBL Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Genesis, I-III
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - History
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
KW  - Creation
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Part 1: Early Christian explorations; Adam, Eve, and the serpent in the acts of Andrew; Anna Rebecca Solevig --; Imperial propaganda in paradise? : Christ as eagle in the Apocryphon of John; Tuomas Rasimus --; A fitting portrait of God : Origen's interpretations of the "Garments of Skin" (Gen 3:21); Peter W. Martens --; Part 2: Zoharic, Kabbalistic, and alchemical speculations; Bifurcating the androgyne and engendering sin : a Zoharic reading of Gen 1-3; Elliot R. Wolfson --; The Genesis of Christian Kabbalah : early modern speculations on the work of creation; Peter J. Forshaw --; The mystery of Mysterium Magnum : Paracelsus's alchemical interpretation of creation in Philosophia ad Atheniensis and its early modern commentators; Georgiana (Jo) Hedesan --; Part 3: From modern to post-postmodern (re-)visions; Beyond postmodernism? : esoteric interpretations of Gen 1-3; by E. Swedenborg, R. Steiner, and S.D. Fohr, Susanne Scholz --; 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); Laszlo-Attila Hubbes --; The Bible and Africana esoterism : toward an architectonic for interdisciplinary study; Hugh R. Page Jr. --; Part 4: Responses; Strategies of esoteric exegesis; Elaine Pagels --; Esotericism and biblical interpretation; Samuel D. Fohr
N2  - "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"--
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