This addition to our popular Guides for the Perplexed series tackles a subject that is enjoying renewed debate: Christianity, along with Judaism and Islam, claims that the universe is not a brute fact. It is 'created'. But what do we mean by 'creation'? Do we mean that the unive…
"This addition to our popular Guides for the Perplexed series tackles a subject that is enjoying renewed debate: Christianity, along with Judaism and Islam, claims that the universe is not a brute fact. It is 'created'. But what do we mean by 'creation'? Do we mean that the univ…
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Genesis: In the Beginning -- The ancient Near Eastern background to Genesis -- The genesis of Genesis -- Creation and worship -- The Yahwist writer: The intimacy of God -- Traged…
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Genesis: In the Beginning -- The ancient Near Eastern background to Genesis -- The genesis of Genesis -- Creation and worship -- The Yahwist writer: The intimacy of God -- Traged…
This addition to our popular Guides for the Perplexed series tackles a subject that is enjoying renewed debate: Christianity, along with Judaism and Islam, claims that the universe is not a brute fact. It is 'created'. But what do we mean by 'creation'? Do we mean that the unive…