Creation And Chaos

Author : JoAnn Scurlock,Richard H. Beal
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575068657

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Creation and Chaos by JoAnn Scurlock,Richard H. Beal Pdf

Hermann Gunkel was a scholar in the generation of the origins of Assyriology, the spectacular discovery by George Smith of fragments of the “Chaldean Genesis,” and the Babel-Bibel debate. Gunkel’s thesis, inspired by materials supplied to him by the Assyriologist Heinrich Zimmern, was to take the Chaoskampf motif of Revelation as an event that would not only occur at the end of the world but had already happened at the beginning, before Creation. In other words, in this theory, one imagines God in Genesis 1 as first having battled Rahab, Leviathan, and Yam (the forces of Chaos) in a grand battle, and only then beginning to create. The problem with Gunkel’s theory is that it did not simply identify common elements in the mythologies of the ancient Near East but imposed upon them a structure dictating the relationships between the elements, a structure that was based on inadequate knowledge and a forced interpretation of his sources. On the other hand, one is not entitled to insist that there was no cultural conversation among peoples who spent the better part of several millennia trading with, fighting, and conquering one another. Creation and Chaos attempts to address some of these issues. The contributions are organized into five sections that address various aspects of the issues raised by Gunekl’s theories.

Author : Hermann Gunkel
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467424721

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Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton by Hermann Gunkel Pdf

Foreword by Peter Machinist Hermann Gunkel's groundbreaking Schöpfung und Chaos, originally published in German in 1895, is here translated in its entirety into English for the first time. Even though available only in German, this work by Gunkel has had a profound influence on modern biblical scholarship. Discovering a number of parallels between the biblical creation accounts and a Babylonian creation account, the Enuma Elish, Gunkel argues that ancient Babylonian traditions shaped the Hebrew people's perceptions both of God's creative activity at the beginning of time and of God's re-creative activity at the end of time. Including illuminating introductory pieces by eminent scholar Peter Machinist and by translator K. William Whitney, Gunkel's Creation and Chaos will appeal to serious students and scholars in the area of biblical studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781612156798

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From Creation to Chaos! by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frederick J. Ruf
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791407012

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The Creation of Chaos by Frederick J. Ruf Pdf

This is the first book-length study of William James' style, arguing that the manner in which James writes The Principles of Psychology and The Varieties of Religious Experience serves to construct a chaotic world for his readers. The book examines the uses of chaos in western literature and philosophy and reaches two conclusions: that chaos may be "utter confusion and disorder," but, paradoxically, that disorder is communicated through some particular order -- in Joyce's term, all chaos is "chaosmos." Secondly, what is essential about chaos is what it does: nothing is inherently chaotic, rather chaos is used to contrast with or challenge something that is more structured or formed. Finally, the author presents an examination of the religious function of James' chaotic worldview as a disorientation which orients.

Author : Hermann Gunkel,Heinrich Zimmern
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802828040

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Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton by Hermann Gunkel,Heinrich Zimmern Pdf

Foreword by Peter Machinist Hermann Gunkel's groundbreaking Schöpfung und Chaos, originally published in German in 1895, is here translated in its entirety into English for the first time. Even though available only in German, this work by Gunkel has had a profound influence on modern biblical scholarship. Discovering a number of parallels between the biblical creation accounts and a Babylonian creation account, the Enuma Elish, Gunkel argues that ancient Babylonian traditions shaped the Hebrew people's perceptions both of God's creative activity at the beginning of time and of God's re-creative activity at the end of time. Including illuminating introductory pieces by eminent scholar Peter Machinist and by translator K. William Whitney, Gunkel's Creation and Chaos will appeal to serious students and scholars in the area of biblical studies.

Author : Eric M. Vail
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630874179

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Creation and Chaos Talk by Eric M. Vail Pdf

Talk about chaos is pervasive. Biblical scholars, theologians, and scientists have been using the word chaos for some time, occasionally mingling ideas across disciplines around the shared word. Quite often, discussions of chaos center on the issues of creation's origin and nature, as well as on God's creative methods and relationship to creation. Eric M. Vail investigates the current uses of the word chaos in those areas. A new way of articulating creation out of nothing is offered as both helpful and appropriate in our current milieu. He suggests where we ought to focus our use of the word chaos in Christian discourse and argues that chaos is more fitting for naming where creation has gone awry rather than for naming that state out of which creation comes to be.

Author : Theodor Schwenk
Publisher : Rudolf Steiner Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Movement, Aesthetics of
ISBN : 9781855843943

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Sensitive Chaos by Theodor Schwenk Pdf

Why does water always take a winding course in streams and rivers? Do common principles and rhythms underlie its movement - whether it be in the sea, in a plant, or even in the blood of a human being? In this seminal and thought-provoking work, the laws apparent in the subtle patterns of water in movement are shown to be the same as those perceptible in the shaping of bones, muscles and a myriad of other forms in nature. Fully illustrated, Sensitive Chaos reveals the unifying forces that underlie all living things. The author observes and explains such phenomena as the flight of birds, the formation of internal organs such as the heart, eye and ear, as well as mountain ranges and river deltas, weather and space patterns, and even the formation of the human embryo.

Author : Sjoerd Lieuwe Bonting
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451418388

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Creation and Double Chaos by Sjoerd Lieuwe Bonting Pdf

Scientist and theologian Sjoerd Bonting offers a new overarching framework for thinking about issues in religion and science. He looks at the creation controversy itself, including biblical perspectives, tradtional doctrines, and the particular potential contribution of chaos theory. Finally, Bonting extends this perspective, a combination of chaos theory and chaos theology he calls "double-chaos," into a framework that addresses traditional questions about evil, divine agency, soteriology, the understanding of disease, possible extraterrestrial life, and the future.

Author : David Toshio Tsumura
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781575061061

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Creation and Destruction by David Toshio Tsumura Pdf

In 1989, David Tsumura published a monograph entitled The Earth and the Waters in Genesis 1 and 2: A Linguistic Evaluation, in which he demonstrated that the oft-recited claim that the early chapters of Genesis betrayed a background or adaptation by Israel of mythological terms and/or motifs from other ancient Near Eastern literature could not be supported by a close examination of the linguistic data. Despite the book's positive reception, the notion that the Chaoskampf motif lies behind the early chapters of Genesis continues to be rehearsed in the literature as if the data were incontrovertible. In this revised and expanded edition of the 1989 book, Tsumura carries the discussion forward. In part 1, the general thesis of the original work is restated in a significantly revised and expanded form; in the second part of this monograph, he expands the scope of his research to include a number of poetic texts outside the Primeval History, texts for which scholars often have posited an ancient Near Eastern mythological substratum. Among the questions asked are the following: What are the functions of "waters" and "flood" in biblical poetry? Do the so-called chaos dragons in the Old Testament, such as Leviathan, Rahab, and Yam, have anything to do with the creation motif in the biblical tradition? What is the relationship between these poetic texts and the Ugaritic myths of the Baal-Yam conflict? Are Psalms 18 and 29 "adaptations" of Canaanite hymns, as suggested by some scholars? Among the conclusions that Tsumura reaches are these: (1) The phrase tohû wabohû has nothing to do with the idea of a chaotic state of the earth. (2) The term tehà ́m in Gen 1:2 is a Hebrew form derived from the Proto-Semitic *tiham-, "ocean," and it usually refers to the underground water that was overflowing and covering the entire surface of the earth in the initial state of creation. (3) The earth-water relationship in Gen 2:5-6 is different from that in Gen 1:2. In Gen 1:2, the earth was totally under the water; in Gen 2:5-6, only a part of the earth, the land, was watered by the 'ed-water, which was overflowing from an underground source. (4) The biblical poetic texts that are claimed to have been influenced by the Chaoskampf-motif of the ancient Near East in fact use the language of storms and floods metaphorically and have nothing to do with primordial combat.

Author : Sidney Greidanus
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433555008

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From Chaos to Cosmos by Sidney Greidanus Pdf

"I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things." Isaiah 45:7 When God created the world, he brought perfect order out of what was "without form and void." But with human rebellion against God leading to God's curse, disorder was introduced into creation—disorder that we still see all around us today. Tracing the chaos to cosmos theme from Genesis 1 to Revelation 22, pastor-scholar Sidney Greidanus reveals how God is restoring his creation through Jesus Christ, who has already begun to shine light into the darkness and will one day return to bring peace, order, and restoration once and for all. With discussion questions at the end of each chapter and a fourteen-session reading plan, this book is ideal for small groups as well as individual study.

Author : Stephen Rebello
Publisher : Disney Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997-06-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0786862637

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The Art of Hercules by Stephen Rebello Pdf

The Chaos of Creation The official Disney art book of the the film, this sumptious, four colour production features the full range of spectacular art produced during the film's creation, from conceptual drawings and storyboards to the spectacular final art. Includes special signature section featuring the work of Gerald Scarfe.

Author : Eric M. Vail
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608997916

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Creation and Chaos Talk by Eric M. Vail Pdf

Talk about chaos is pervasive. Biblical scholars, theologians, and scientists have been using the word chaos for some time, occasionally mingling ideas across disciplines around the shared word. Quite often, discussions of chaos center on the issues of creation's origin and nature, as well as on God's creative methods and relationship to creation. Eric M. Vail investigates the current uses of the word chaos in those areas. A new way of articulating creation out of nothing is offered as both helpful and appropriate in our current milieu. He suggests where we ought to focus our use of the word chaos in Christian discourse and argues that chaos is more fitting for naming where creation has gone awry rather than for naming that state out of which creation comes to be.

Author : Heather Marsh
Publisher : MustRead Incorporated
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781989783252

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The Creation of Me, Them and Us by Heather Marsh Pdf

From the author of Binding Chaos, this book brings us back to the beginning. The beginning of designing a better method of governance and way of living is to look at the structure of our self. The scope and originality of this book present a radical challenge to a seldom examined worldview. With an extremely wide reach and richness of detail, The Creation of Me, Them and Us sets the stage for further discussions of institutional reform by tackling the fundamental questions of who are we, what do we want, and why do we act the way we do? These questions (and answers) are fundamental in understanding a world that may seem incomprehensible today.

Author : Susan Niditch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015010228321

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Chaos to Cosmos by Susan Niditch Pdf

Author : Sarah L. Maguire
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1720109796

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In the Beginning Was Chaos by Sarah L. Maguire Pdf

From the noble Titan Prometheus who stole fire from Mount Olympus to the bloody tale of how Kronos castrated his own father Ouranos to avenge his mother Gaia, these visceral, often dark and powerful stories about the creation of the world are also larger than life projections of human passions, the exercise of power in a violent and hierarchical world and a reflection on the bitter-sweet human condition. With their remote origins in Mesopotamia and the ancient civilisations of the Near East, these myths come down to us primarily from the early Greek poet and farmer Hesiod in his two epic poems; the Theogony and the Works and Days. Drawing on Hesiod's account as well as ancient authors such as Ovid, Aeschylus and Apollodorus of Alexandria, In the Beginning was Chaos recounts the stories of the ancient Greeks about how the world began, the creation of humanity and their troubled relationship with the Gods. It includes the war between the Olympians and the Titans, Prometheus and his struggle with Zeus, as well as detailed descriptions of the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses and an account of the Underworld. It also includes the story Deucalion and Pyrrha and the great flood with its striking parallels to the Biblical account of the flood.