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Earth Story in Genesis: Volume 2 (Earth Bible S)

By Norman C. Habel (editor) , Shirley Wurst (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Sheffield Academic Press
Year
2000
ISBN
1841270857, 0829814078, 9781841270852
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12722089 bytes)
Pages
236\237
Time added
2023-11-04 19:14:08

Description

A series of articles by scholars from around the world reading the story of Earth in Genesis in the light of the ecojustice principles enunciated in Volume One, 'Readings from the Perspective of Earth'. These readings uncover how Earth may be valued or de-valued, given a voice or denied a voice, dominated or served, depending on the orientation of the text. In Genesis 1, for example, the intrinsic worth of Earth is highlighted in the 'revealing' of Earth's presence but negated when humans are given the right to 'subdue' it. In Genesis 9 the text begins with the Earth community terrified by, and alienated from, humans but ends with all the Earth Community-and Earth itself-bound together equally in a covenant.

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