02409nam 2200577 450 991046106160332120200520144314.01-283-19975-097866131997510-567-45622-6(CKB)2670000000106948(EBL)742959(OCoLC)745866675(SSID)ssj0000521775(PQKBManifestationID)12233503(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521775(PQKBWorkID)10523732(PQKB)11445311(MiAaPQ)EBC742959(Au-PeEL)EBL742959(CaONFJC)MIL319975(EXLCZ)99267000000010694820181003d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreatio ex nihilo the doctrine of creation out of nothing in early Christian thought /Gerhard MayLondon :T & T Clark International,[1994]©19941 online resource (214 p.)AcademicDescription based upon print version of record.0-567-08356-X 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 AuthorsIndex of SubjectsA 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.AcademicCreationHistory of doctrinesEarly church, ca. 30-600Electronic books.CreationHistory of doctrines231.765May Gerhard205553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461061603321Creatio ex nihilo1926405UNINA