The genesis of Genesis : the mytho-empiricism of creation / by Shlomo Giora Shoham.

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Shoham, S. Giora, 1929-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.Description: 1 online resource ([xi], 311 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781443827621
1443827622
1283142171
9781283142175

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Genesis of Genesis.DDC classification:

202.4 22

LOC classification:

BL227 .S56 2011eb

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Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Summary: "The Genesis of Genesis is about the mytho-empiricism of creation-- cosmogony. In its attempt to compare the mythologies of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean cultures--Egyptian, Greek, Judaic and Mesopotamian--the Judaic cosmogony of genesis, which is unique in its reliance on the word as creative agent, is contrasted with the Egyptian, Greek and Mesopotamian mythologies, which are more deterministic"--Publisher

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"The Genesis of Genesis is about the mytho-empiricism of creation-- cosmogony. In its attempt to compare the mythologies of the ancient Eastern Mediterranean cultures--Egyptian, Greek, Judaic and Mesopotamian--the Judaic cosmogony of genesis, which is unique in its reliance on the word as creative agent, is contrasted with the Egyptian, Greek and Mesopotamian mythologies, which are more deterministic"--Publisher

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311).

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY

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