Creation Concepts and Creation Care

Perspectives from Early Judaism, Early Christianity, and Beyond
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-16-163426-0
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 683 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

The contributors to this edited volume explore creation concepts in antiquity and aspects of creation care in Jewish and Christian texts. They also ask about how these texts and topics are relevant to today's earth ethics and in particular to the climate crisis. After reflecting on how the concepts of creation, nature, and cosmos relate to each other, the focus is initially on Jewish writings, which previous research on creation has barely considered. Moreover, central canonical Christian texts and early Syrian traditions are examined. The ethical-hermeneutical section addresses how New Testament studies approach the topic of creation in current debates on the subject. The bridges to today include the reception of biblical creation motifs in film, an exemplary "Earth Bible reading" of the Apocalypse of John, and a public theological look at the question of responsibility for creation and sustainability.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shoukry, Zacharias

Jekel, Mirjam

Zimmermann, Ruben

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religion des alten Ägyptens
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Shoukry, Zacharias
Born 1993; 2022 Dr. theol.; Postdoc and Research Fellow in the field of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Rostock.

Zimmermann, Ruben
Born 1968; 1999 Dr. theol.; Professor of New Testament Studies at the Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz and Research Associate at the Department of Old and New Testament Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Jekel, Mirjam
Born 1987; 2023 Dr. theol.; Postdoc and Research Fellow in the field of New Testament Studies at the Institute of Theology of the Leibniz University Hannover.