Comparative methodology and Genesis 1-11 -- Genesis 1 and creation myths -- Genesis 1 and Greek cosmogonies -- Genesis 1 as philosophy -- Genesis 1 as science -- Genesis 2-3 as myth -- Genesis 2-11 and Plato's Critias -- Cosmic monotheism and terrestrial polytheism in Plato and …
"Plato's Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Plato's famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil containing equal parts scienc…
"Plato's Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Plato's famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil containing equal parts scienc…
"The scope of Timaeus is awesome. It consists largely of Plato's attempt to develop an account, both scientific and suggestive, of pretty much everything about our universe the macrocosm and the microcosm, the visible and the invisible, the divine and the human. Everything about…
One Book, The Whole Universe: Plato's Timaeus Today brings together philosophers, classicists, physicists and architects to reveal the meaning and assess the impact of one of the most profound and influential texts in Western Civilization. Featuring the latest scholarship from s…
