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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aChambers, Nathan J.
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245 1 0 _aReconsidering Creation Ex Nihilo in Genesis 1 /
_cNathan J. Chambers.
264 1 _aUniversity Park, PA :
_bPenn State University Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2020
300 _a1 online resource (290 p.)
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490 0 _aJournal of Theological Interpretation Supplements ;
_v19
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tTable of Contents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tAbbreviations --
_tIntroduction: Reconsidering Genesis 1 and Creation Ex Nihilo --
_t1. Interpretive Categories and the Ancient Near Eastern Context --
_t2. “Love Sought Is Good, but Given Unsought Is Better”: The Doctrine of Creation Ex Nihilo --
_t3. Biblical Pressure and Ex Nihilo Hermeneutics --
_t4. The Debated Syntax of Genesis 1:1-3 --
_t5. Ways of Reading Genesis 1:1 --
_t6. Genesis 1:1 as the First Act of Creation --
_tConclusion: Paths Travelled and Ways Forward --
_tBibliography --
_tScripture Index --
_tSubject and Name Index
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520 _aThere is a broad consensus among biblical scholars that creation ex nihilo (from nothing) is a late Hellenistic concept with little inherent connection to Genesis 1 and other biblical creation texts. In this book, Nathan J. Chambers forces us to reconsider the question, arguing in favor of reading this chapter of the Bible in terms of ex nihilo creation and demonstrating that there is a sound basis for the early Christian development of the doctrine.Drawing on the theology of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas, Chambers considers what the ex nihilo doctrine means and does in classical Christian dogma. He examines ancient Near Eastern cosmological texts that provide a potential context for reading Genesis 1. Recognizing the distance between the possible historical and theological frameworks for interpreting the text, he illuminates how this doctrine developed within early Christian thought as a consequence of the church’s commitment to reading Genesis 1 as part of Christian Scripture. Through original close readings of the chapter that engage critically with the work of Jon Levenson, Hermann Gunkel, and Brevard Childs, Chambers demonstrates that, far from precluding interpretive possibilities, reading Genesis 1 in terms of creation from nothing opens up a variety of interpretive avenues that have largely been overlooked in contemporary biblical scholarship.Timely and innovative, this book makes the case for a new (or recovered) framework for reading Genesis 1 that will appeal to biblical studies scholars and seminarians.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Jan 2023)
650 0 _aCreation
_xHistory of doctrines.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Christian Theology / General.
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