Imagining Creation

by Geller, Markham J.; Schipper, Mineke; Douglas, Mary

• ISBN13: 9789004157651
• ISBN10: 9004157654
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-30
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

The Institute of Jewish Studies, founded in 1954 by the late Alexander Altmann, is dedicated to the promotion of all aspects of scholarship in Jewish Studies and related fields. Its programmes include public lectures, seminars, and annual conferences. All lectures and conferences are open to the general public.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
List of Illustrations	p. xvii
List of Contributors	p. xxi
Introduction	p. 1
Mesopotamian Creation Stories	p. 15
Creation Stories in Ancient Egypt	p. 61
You Can't Get Here from There: The Logical Paradox of Ancient Indian Creation Myths	p. 87
Stories of the Beginning: Origin Myths in Africa South of the Sahara	p. 103
Modern Jewish Attitudes to the Concept of Myth	p. 139
Extract from Genesis 1-2 Translation and Commentary, Norton, NY 1996	p. 157
The Bible in the Making: Slavonic Creation Stories	p. 161
Arab Creation Stories beyond the Pale	p. 367
Lurianic Creation Myths	p. 389
Index	p. 417
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