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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.Description: 1 online resource ([xi], 311 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781443827621
  • 1443827622
  • 1283142171
  • 9781283142175
  • 9786613142177
  • 6613142174
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Genesis of Genesis.DDC classification:
  • 202.4 22
LOC classification:
  • BL227 .S56 2011eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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
List(s) this item appears in: Creation - Science - Evolution
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)539804

"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 (pages 301-311).

Print version record.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY

English.