02081oam 2200397 450 991079779490332120190911103514.01-4674-4388-3(OCoLC)925478705(MiFhGG)GVRL8OGZ(EXLCZ)99371000000049143320150311d2015 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrFor the love of all creatures the story of grace in Genesis /William GreenwayGrand Rapids, Michigan :William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,2015.1 online resource (xvi, 162 pages)Gale eBooksBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8028-7291-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Genesis 1-11: a spiritual classic -- Enuma Elish: the ancient Near Eastern counterpoint -- Leviathan: the modern Western counterpoint -- The Genesis flood: shattering violence -- Aftermath: the birth of the God of grace -- The seven days of creation -- Dominion versus domination: living life and living death -- A knowing idealism: the decisive asymmetry -- The primeval history: spiritually accurate, realistic, and profound.This book compares ancient texts and modern writings to show how the Bible in Genesis centers on love for all creation and all creatures and extends far beyond those other cosmologies in its discernment of the transcending, gracious love of God. It revisits the creation and flood narratives in Genesis from a creature-loving perspective that inspires care for creation and also reveals understandings of faith, grace, and evil vital for twenty-first-century spirituality.CreationBiblical teachingCreationBiblical teaching.222/.1106Greenway William1963-1199067MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910797794903321For the love of all creatures3860786UNINA