Beyond Eden
The Biblical Story of Paradise (Genesis 2-3) and Its Reception History
edited by Christoph Riedweg and Konrad Schmid
Paperback (Published)
(December 2008)
ISBN: 9783161496462
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The story of paradise (Genesis 2-3) is probably one of the best known texts in world literature. It has had a very rich reception history over many centuries. Genesis 2-3 formulates fundamental premises and problems of human self-understanding in the Western world. Why is the world in which we live seen as a “paradise lost”? Why might human knowledge be problematic? Why does human society have a patriarchal structure? Why is human existence limited in terms of time? Using a multidisciplinary approach, this volume explores the historical meanings and the many ways in which this narrative has been received. With contributions by: Rudiger Bittner, Emidio Campi, Daniele Garrone, Thomas Kruger, Laura Nasrallah, Christoph Riedweg, Konrad Schmid, Michael Signer, Jean-Louis Ska, Hermann Spieckermann, Terje Stordalen, Michael Stone, Nira Stone
Jean-Louis Ska: Genesis 2-3: Some fundamental questions - Daniele Garrone: Diese endlich ist Gebein von meinem Gebein und Fleisch von meinem Fleisch. ... und sie werden ein Fleisch. Ehe als Schopfungsordnung? Exegetische und theologische Uberlegungen - Terje Stordalen: Heaven on Earth -Or Not? Jerusalem as Eden in Biblical Literature - Konrad Schmid: Loss of Immortality? Hermeneutical Aspects of Genesis 2-3 and Its Early Receptions - Hermann Spieckermann: Is God's Creation Good? From Hesiodos to Plato and from the Creation Narratives (Genesis 1-3) to Ben Sira - Thomas Kruger: Sundenfall? Uberlegungen zur theologischen Bedeutung der Paradieserzahlung - Laura Nasrallah: The Earthen Human, the Breathing Statue: The Sculptor God, Greco-Roman Statuary, and Clement of Alexandria - Michael Stone: Satan and the Serpent - Christoph Riedweg: Das Verbot, vom Baum der Erkenntnis von Gut und Bose zu essen (Gen 2,17): Zeichen eines missgunstigen Gottes? Kaiser Julian und Kyrill von Alexandrien in einer virtuellen Debatte - Michael A. Signer: Coming to Consciousness: Knowing, Choosing or Stealing? Approaches to the Story of the Garden (Genesis 2-3) in Medieval Northern French Jewish Exegesis - Nira Stone: The Four Rivers that Flowed from Eden - Emidio Campi: Genesis 1-3 and the Sixteenth Century Reformers - Rudiger Bittner: Wozu Paradiese?
Christoph Riedweg, is professor of Old Testament and Early Judaism in Zurich.Konrad Schmid, ist Professor fur Altes Testament und fruhes Judentum an der theologischen Fakultat der Universitat Zurich, Schweiz.
- Edited by Christoph Riedweg
- Edited by Konrad Schmid
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