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001 2014027589
003 DLC
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008 140710t20142014gau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014027589
020 $a9781628370126 (paper binding : alk. paper)
020 $a9781628370133 (electronic format)
020 $a9781628370140 (hardcover binding : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBS1235.52$b.H533 2014
082 00 $a222/.1106$223
245 00 $aHidden truths from Eden :$besoteric readings of Genesis 1-3 /$cedited by Caroline Vander Stichele and Susanne Scholz.
264 1 $aAtlanta :$bSBL Press,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $ax, 286 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aSociety of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies ;$vnumber 76
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 $aPart 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) / Lszl-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.
520 $a"This unique volume features case studies and examples of diverse esoteric interpretive approaches and methodologies focusing on Genesis 1-3 and covering different periods from early Christian discourse through Zoharic, Kabbalistic and alchemical literature to modern and post-postmodern approaches"--$cProvided by publisher.
630 00 $aBible.$pGenesis, I-III$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.$xHistory.
630 00 $aBible.$pGenesis, I-III$xCriticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish$xHistory.
650 0 $aCreation$xBible teaching.
700 1 $aScholz, Susanne,$eeditor.
700 1 $aVander Stichele, Caroline,$eeditor.