LEADER 02081oam 2200397 450 001 9910825322203321 005 20190911103514.0 010 $a1-4674-4388-3 035 $a(OCoLC)925478705 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL8OGZ 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000491433 100 $a20150311d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFor the love of all creatures $ethe story of grace in Genesis /$fWilliam Greenway 210 1$aGrand Rapids, Michigan :$cWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 162 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8028-7291-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGenesis 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aCreation$xBiblical teaching 615 0$aCreation$xBiblical teaching. 676 $a222/.1106 700 $aGreenway$b William$f1963-$01199067 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825322203321 996 $aFor the love of all creatures$94070718 997 $aUNINA