Hidden truths from Eden : esoteric readings of Genesis 1-3 / / edited by Caroline Vander Stichele and Susanne Scholz ; contributors, Samuel D. Fohr [and eleven others]
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Hidden truths from Eden : esoteric readings of Genesis 1-3 / / edited by Caroline Vander Stichele and Susanne Scholz ; contributors, Samuel D. Fohr [and eleven others]
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| Pubblicazione: | Atlanta, Georgia : , : SBL Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 222/.1106 |
| Soggetto topico: | Creation - Bible teaching |
| Persona (resp. second.): | Vander SticheleCaroline |
| ScholzSusanne <1963-> | |
| FohrS. D. <1943-> | |
| Note generali: | Includes indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Part 1: Early Christian explorations. Adam, Eve, and the serpent in the acts of Andrew / Anna Rebecca Solevig -- Imperial propaganda in paradise? Christ as eagle in the Apocryphon of John Tuomas Rasimus -- A fitting portrait of God: Origen's interpretations of the "Garments of Skin" (Gen 3:21) / Peter W. Martens -- Part 2: Zoharic, Kabbalistic, and alchemical speculations. Bifurcating the androgyne and engendering sin: a Zoharic reading of Gen 1/3 / Elliot R. Wolfson -- The Genesis of Christian Kabbalah: early modern speculations on the work of creation / Peter J. Forshaw -- The mystery of Mysterium Magnum: Paracelsus's alchemical interpretation of creation in Philosophia ad Atheniensis and Its early modern commentators / Georgiana (Jo) Hedesan -- Part 3: From modern to post-postmodern (re-)visions -- Beyond postmodernism? esoteric interpretations of Gen 1/3 / by E. Swedenborg, R. Steiner, and S.D. Fohr, Susanne Scholz -- Restoring a broken creation during times of Apocalypse: an essay on the analogical symbolism of fall and integrity in the metaphysics of Bila Hamvas (1897/1968) / Lszl-Attila Hubbes -- The Bible and Africana esoterism: toward an architectonic for interdisciplinary study / Hugh R. Page Jr. -- Part 4: Responses. Strategies of esoteric exegesis / Elaine Pagels -- Esotericism and biblical interpretation / Samuel D. Fohr. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This unique volume features case studies and examples of diverse esoteric interpretive approaches and methodologies focusing on Genesis 1-3 and covering different periods from early Christian discourse through Zoharic, Kabbalistic and alchemical literature to modern and post-postmodern approaches"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hidden truths from Eden |
| ISBN: | 1-62837-013-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787286903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Semeia studies ; ; Number 76.