An edition of Hidden truths from Eden (2014)

Hidden truths from Eden

esoteric readings of Genesis 1-3

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An edition of Hidden truths from Eden (2014)

Hidden truths from Eden

esoteric readings of Genesis 1-3

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"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"--

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English
Pages
286

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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) / 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Series
Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies -- number 76, Semeia studies -- no. 76.
Copyright Date
2014

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
222/.1106
Library of Congress
BS1235.52 .H533 2014, BS1235

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 286 pages
Number of pages
286

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27791399M
Internet Archive
hiddentruthsfrom0000unse
ISBN 10
1628370122, 1628370130, 1628370149
ISBN 13
9781628370126, 9781628370133, 9781628370140
LCCN
2014027589
OCLC/WorldCat
884440119

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