Proceedings of a conference held July 14-18, 2009 at St. Andrews. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Genesis and salvation history -- Manifest diversity : the presence of God in Genesis / William P. Brown -- Beginning with the ending / R.R. Reno -- The akedah in canonical and artistic perspective / Gary A. Anderson -- Joseph in the likeness of Adam : narrative echoes of the fall / Timothy J. Stone -- "Before Abraham was, I am" : the book of Genesis and the genesis of Christology / Knut Backhaus -- Genesis 2-3 : a case of inner-biblical interpretation / Christoph Levin -- Genesis and divine-human relations -- Gregory of Nyssa on language, naming God's creatures, and the desire of the discursive animal / Eric Daryl Meyer -- Image, identity, and embodiment : Augustine's interpretation of the human person in Genesis 1-2 / Matthew Drever -- Poetry and theology in Milton's Paradise lost / Trevor Hart -- Sex or violence? : thinking again with Genesis about fall and original sin / Walter J. Houston -- Genesis and the natural world -- Interpreting the story of creation : a case study in the dialogue between theology and science / David Fergusson -- Humans, animals, and the environment in Genesis 1-3 / Richard Bauckham -- Reading Genesis in Borneo : work, guardianship, and companion animals in Genesis 2 / Michael S. Northcott -- Covenantal ecology : the inseparability of covenant and creation in the book of Genesis / Brandon Frick -- "And without thorn the rose"? : Augustine's interpretations of Genesis 3:18 and the intellectual tradition / Karla Pollmann -- Toward a creational perspective on poverty : Genesis 1:26-28, image of God, and its missiological implications / Pascal Daniel Bazzell -- Genesis and the people of God -- Did God choose the patriarchs? : reading for election in the book of Genesis / Nathan MacDonald -- Rebekah's twins : Augustine on election in Genesis / Ellen T. Charry -- Abraham and Aeneas : Genesis as Israel's foundation story / R. Walter L. Moberly -- Genesis and human society : the learning and teaching people of God / Mark W. Elliott -- Food, famine and the nations : a canonical approach to Genesis / Stephen B. Chapman.
Summary:
"Genesis and Christian Theology contributes significantly to the renewed convergence of biblical studies and systematic theology -- two disciplines whose relational disconnect has adversely affected not only the academy but also the church as a whole. In this book twenty-one noted scholars consider the fascinating ancient book of Genesis in dialogue with historical and contemporary theological reflection. Their essays offer new vistas on familiar texts, reawakening past debates and challenging modern cliches."--Publisher's description.
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