1. Mose (Genesis) 1-11
Die Urgeschichte Gen 1–11
By (author) Jan Christian Gertz Series edited by Reinhard Gregor Kratz Series edited by Hermann Spieckermann
Hardback (Out of print)
(June 2018)
ISBN: 9783525570555
6.34 x 9.33 inches
Price: $85.00
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Biblical Primordial History considers the origin of the world and its order, the origin of man and the origins of culture. It is an expression of the basic conviction-widespread in ancient cultures and based on their level of knowledge of natural history-that everything present and everything future received its essence in the beginning. Jan Christian Gertz presents a new commentary on Gen 1-11, whose narratives of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah’s Ark, and the Tower of Babel have shaped our view of ourselves and the world like few other literary works. The commentary offers academic and non-academic readers a concise synthesis of previous research and places Primordial History in the context of the literatures of the ancient Near East.
English summary: Biblical Primordial History considers the origin of the world and its order, the origin of man and the origins of culture. It is an expression of the basic conviction-widespread in ancient cultures and based on their level of knowledge of natural history-that everything present and everything future received its essence in the beginning. In this sense, Primordial History offers less an explanation of the origin of the world, but is primarily an attempt to understand man’s experience of himself and his environment. At the center of this reflection through exemplary narratives and natural, genealogical and geographical deliberations, is man in his manifold relationships with his fellow man, non-human creation, and God. Jan Christian Gertz presents a new commentary on Gen 1-11, whose narratives of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah’s Ark, and the Tower of Babel have shaped our view of ourselves and the world like few other literary works. The commentary offers academic and non-academic readers a concise synthesis of previous research and places Primordial History in the context of the literatures of the ancient Near East. German description: Die biblische Urgeschichte bedenkt die Entstehung der Welt und ihrer Ordnung, das Woher des Menschen und die Ursprunge der Kultur. Sie ist Ausdruck fur die in antiken Kulturen weitverbreitete und nach dem damaligen naturkundlichen Kenntnisstand durchdeklinierte Grunduberzeugung, dass alles Gegenwartige und alles Zukunftige sein Wesen im Anfang erhalten hat. In diesem Sinne bietet die biblische Urgeschichte weniger eine Erklarung der Entstehung der Welt, sondern ist in erster Linie ein Versuch, die Erfahrung des Menschen mit sich und seiner Umwelt deutend zu verstehen. Im Zentrum dieses Nachdenkens in beispielhaften Erzahlungen, zu denen sich naturkundliche, genealogische und geographische Ausfuhrungen gesellen, steht der Mensch in seinen vielfaltigen Beziehungen zum Mitmenschen, zur nichtmenschlichen Schopfung und zu Gott. Jan Christian Gertz legt mit seinem Werk eine neue Kommentierung der Urgeschichte vor, deren Erzahlungen von Adam und Eva, Kain und Abel, der Arche Noach und dem Turmbau zu Babel wie wenige andere Literaturwerke unser Selbst- und Weltbild gepragt haben. Der Kommentar bietet Lesern und Leserinnen innerhalb wie auaerhalb des Faches eine klar verstandliche Synthese der bisherigen Forschung und stellt die Urgeschichte in den Kontext der Literaturen des alten Vorderen Orients. Die Neubearbeitung der Kommentierung der biblischen Urgeschichte fur das Alte Testament Deutsch folgt derjenigen durch Gerhard von Rad aus dem Jahre 1949, deren letzte uberarbeitung 1972 erschienen ist.
Jan Christian Gertz ist Professor für Altes Testament an der Universität Heidelberg.
- By (author) Jan Christian Gertz
- Series edited by Reinhard Gregor Kratz
- Series edited by Hermann Spieckermann
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