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Autore |
Shoham S. Giora <1929-> |
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Titolo |
The word of light : piercing the veil of chaos / / Shlomo Giora Shoham |
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Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-18969-7 |
9786612189692 |
1-4438-0296-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Creation |
Philosophical anthropology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; GLOSSARY |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of the fundamental enigmas of our existence, and for that matter, God's existence, is the act of creation. Has the cosmos been created ex nihilo or was it an intelligent design by God? Does God, having created the world, let it evolve and develop on its own, subject to the rules of evolution and chance; or does God intervene in every step of evolution in a deus ex machina manner? What is the role of man in creation? Is it as central as existentialism and quantum mechanics assure us: that ... |
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