Hidden truths from Eden : esoteric readings of Genesis 1-3

Hidden truths from Eden : esoteric readings of Genesis 1-3 / edited by Caroline Vander Stichele and Susanne Scholz.

"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 approac...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Scholz, Susanne, 1963- (Editor), Vander Stichele, Caroline (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Atlanta : SBL Press, [2014]
Series:Semeia studies ; no. 76.
Subjects:
Bible. > Genesis, I-III > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
Bible. > Genesis, I-III > Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish > History.
Bible. > Genesis, I-III
Creation > Biblical teaching.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Exegesis & Hermeneutics.
Creation > Biblical teaching
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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) / Laszlo-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.

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