Creation Concepts and Creation Care
Perspectives from Early Judaism, Early Christianity, and Beyond. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics XVII
Edited by Ruben Zimmermann Edited by Zacharias Shoukry Edited by Mirjam Jekel
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(July 2025)
ISBN: 9783161634260
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The contributors to this edited volume explore creation concepts in antiquity and aspects of caring for creation in ancient Jewish and Christian texts. Moreover, they inquire about the relevance of these texts and topics to today’s earth ethics and ecological crises.
The contributors to this edited volume explore creation concepts in antiquity and aspects of creation care in Jewish and Christian texts. They also ask about how these texts and topics are relevant to today’s earth ethics and in particular to the climate crisis. After reflecting on how the concepts of creation, nature, and cosmos relate to each other, the focus is initially on Jewish writings, which previous research on creation has barely considered. Moreover, central canonical Christian texts and early Syrian traditions are examined. The ethical-hermeneutical section addresses how New Testament studies approach the topic of creation in current debates on the subject. The bridges to today include the reception of biblical creation motifs in film, an exemplary “Earth Bible reading” of the Apocalypse of John, and a public theological look at the question of responsibility for creation and sustainability.
I. Orientation Zacharias Shoukry/Mirjam Jekel/Ruben Zimmermann: Introduction - Dirk Evers: Creation, Nature, and Cosmos: Definitions and Hermeneutical Considerations II. Early Judaism Kristin De Troyer: God and Creation in Greek Esther - Barbara Schmitz: Creation Theology in 3 Maccabees? An Analysis of the Lexeme ?t?- - Daniel Gurtner: The Corruption of Creation in Second Baruch III. Early Christianity Michal Beth Dinkler: The Wild Edges of Characterization: Caring for Creation as Character in the Gospel of Luke - Hans-Georg Gradl: Rearranged Powers: The Discourse on Creation in the Acts of the Apostles - Mirjam Jekel: Greening John: An Eco-hermeneutical Reading of the Fourth Gospel - Christof Landmesser: Paul's Theology of Creation - Alison G. Salvesen: Creation, Nature, and Paradise in the Odes of Solomon and Other Early Syriac Literature IV. Hermeneutics and Ethics David Horrell: Why and How Should We Speak of 'Creation'? New Testament Interpretation in an Age of Ecological Crisis - Angela Standhartinger: Creation and Gender: Pauline Perspectives in Context - Adele Reinhartz: The Reception of Biblical Creation Motifs in Contemporary Film Culture - Ruben Zimmermann: The Healing Tree of Life in the Revelation of John: An Earth-Bible-Reading - Torsten Meireis: The Garden of Life and the City of Hope: A Public Theological View on the Issue of Creation Care
Geboren 1968; 1999 Promotion zum Dr. theol. an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; 1999 Ordination zum Pfarrer der Ev. Landeskirche in Baden; 2003 Habilitation an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Professor für Neues Testament an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz; Mitbegründer des Forschungszentrums „Ethik in Antike und Christentum” (e/αc) und der Zeitschrift „Journal for Ethics in Antiquity and Christianity” (JEAC); Research Associate im Departement of Old and New Testament Studies an der University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Südafrika.
- Edited by Ruben Zimmermann
- Edited by Zacharias Shoukry
- Edited by Mirjam Jekel
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