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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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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