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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811778603321

Autore

May Gerhard

Titolo

Creatio ex nihilo : the doctrine of creation out of nothing in early Christian thought / / Gerhard May

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : T & T Clark International, , [1994]

©1994

ISBN

1-283-19975-0

9786613199751

0-567-45622-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Academic

Disciplina

231.765

Soggetti

Creation - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface to English Edition; Foreword; Some English Translations of Foreign Books Cited in the Notes; 1. The Problem of the Creation of the World in Hellenistic Judaism and EariyChristianity before the Gnostic Crisis in the Second Century; 2. The Question of the Origin of the World in Christian Gnosticism; 3. The Creation of the World in Basilides and the Valentinians; 4. Christian and Platonist Cosmology; 5. The Church Doctrine of Creatio Ex Nibilo; Recapitulation; Editions of Ancient Texts; Index of Biblical References; Index of Ancient Authors and Sources; Index of Modern Authors

Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

A unique study challenging the assumption that the doctrine of 'creation out of nothing' was inherited by Christianity along with the Jewish scriptures which the Church adopted.