Plato's Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts: Cosmic Monotheism and Terrestrial Polytheism in the Primordial History

ISBN-13: 9781032020822 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 344 str.

Russell E. Gmirkin

Opis

This book argues that the biblical creation accounts draw directly from Plato's Timaeus, demonstrating the influence of Plato and the cosmogenies of Greek natural philosophers on Genesis. Suitable for students and scholars in both biblical and classical studies, philosophy and creation narratives. 

Recenzje

"Russell Gmirkin has presented ground-breaking research. The monograph is a tour de force in research on Ancient Near Eastern cultures. He has posited novel interpretations, in particular his interpretation of the early chapters of the book of Genesis, which is enlightening. There can no longer be any doubt that the Greek translators of Genesis had contact with and made use of Platonic ideas."
-Johann Cook, Platonism and the Bibles, Theological Studies

Spis treści

1. Comparative Methodology and Genesis 1-11, 2. Genesis 1 and Creation Myths, 3. Genesis 1 and Greek Cosmogenies, 4. Genesis 1 as Philosophy, 5. Genesis 1 as Science, 6. Genesis 2-3 as Myth, 7. Genesis 2-11 and Plato’s Critias, 8. Cosmic Monotheism and Terrestrial Polytheism in Plato and the Bible

O autorze

Russell E. Gmirkin is an independent researcher specializing in Greek sources used in the Hebrew Bible. He is best known for his 2006 book Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus and his 2017 book Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible.