Genesis and cosmos : : Basil and Origen on Genesis 1 and cosmology / / by Adam Rasmussen.
In Genesis and Cosmos Adam Rasmussen examines how Basil and Origen addressed scientific problems in their interpretations of Genesis 1. For the first time, he offers an in-depth analysis of Basil’s thinking on three problems in Scripture-and-science: the nature of matter, the super-heavenly water, a...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : Brill,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Bible in Ancient Christianity
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (218 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Scripture and Science
- Origen, Basil, and Secular Education
- The Interpretation of Scripture
- “The earth was invisible and unformed”: Prime Matter and Creatio ex Nihilo
- “A separator between water and water”: Cosmology and Water above the Sky
- “Let them be for signs”: Astrology
- Basil and the Legacy of Origen
- Back Matter
- Bibliography
- Index.