Creation in Jewish and Christian Tradition (Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) [Hardcover]

Henning Graf Reventlow (Author), Yair Hoffman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 2002 | Series: Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies (Book 319)

This volume brings together Jewish and Christian scholars with perspectives on Creation in the Bible (Tanakh, Old Testament, New Testament), in ancient Egypt and Israel, and at Qumran, as well as contemporary theological, philosophical and political issues raised by the biblical, Jewish and Christian concepts of creation.

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"...an outstanding selection...Offering a compendium of thoughtful, extensive, informative, and adroitly discussed complex theological issues, Creation in Jewish and Christian Tradition is very highly recommended for advanced academic religious studies reading lists and reference collections."
—Bookwatch, July 2002

About the Author

Henning Graf Reventlow is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Exegesis and Theology, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of the Ruhr, Bochum, Germany. Y. Hoffman is an Emeritus Professor of Bible at Tel-Aviv University. He has published books on various biblical topics such as: of the Exodus; Prophecies Against Foreign nations; The book of Job; recently he has published a 2 volumes' commentary on the Book of Jeremiah.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 378 pages
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press (April 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841271624
• ISBN-13: 978-1841271620
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,154,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fourteen scholarly, college-level essays, July 8, 2002

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This review is from: Creation in Jewish and Christian Tradition (Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) (Hardcover)

Collaboratively edited by Henning Graf Reventlow and Yair Hoffman, Creation In Jewish And Christian Tradition is an outstanding selection of fourteen scholarly, college-level essays by a variety of learned authors whose erudite contribution range from "Creation as a Topic in Biblical Theology", to "Patterns of Creation in Ancient Egypt", to "Creation or Nature? About Dialogue between Theology and Natural Sciences". Offering a compendium of thoughtful, extensive, informative, and adroitly discussed complex theological issues, Creation In Jewish And Christian Tradition is very highly recommended for advanced academic religious studies reading lists and reference collections.