To Begin With, God Created: Biblical Theologies of Creation. This item is unavailable.To Begin With, God Created: Biblical Theologies of Creation

Biblical creation faith (as found in the Hebrew Scriptures) and biblical salvation faith (as found in the later christian Scriptures) both have important statements regarding creation theology. In To Begin, With God Created..., Karl Loning and Erich Zenger bring the parts of the divided yet unified Christian Bible into dialogue with one another, so that the entire biblical tradition attains a new life. Here an old Testament scholar and a New Testament scholar together offer their differing perspectives in constant encounter, stressing that the witness of the entire Bible is much more strongly shaped by the theology of creation than many have believed. Taking creation theology as their focus, the authors bring the two parts of the Christian Bible into dialogue with one another in such a way that both their many voices and their single basic message can be heard. it also brings into discussion, on the horizon of Christian theology, the riches of the message of the entire Bible in such a way that the theological dignity of post-biblical Judaism, rediscovered by Vatican II, does not suffer.

The authors help us see that the many voices of the Scriptures should be heard as 'canonical' voices, as a drawing nearer to the great mystery of creation theology, namely that the Gof of the Bible is profoundly a God of life who as such seeks a living relationship with 'heaven and earth.'

Biblical creation faith (as found in the Hebrew Scriptures) and biblical salvation faith (as found in the later Christian Scriptures) both have important statements regarding creation theology. In To Begin With, God Created . . . , Karl L ning and Erich Zenger bring the parts of the divided yet unified Christian Bible into dialogue with one another, so that the entire biblical tradition attains a new life. Here an Old Testament scholar and a New Testament scholar offer their differing perspectives in constant encounter, stressing that the witness of the entire Bible is much more strongly shaped by the theology of creation than many have believed. Taking creation theology as their focus, the authors bring the two parts of the Christian Bible into dialogue with one another so that their many voices and their single basic message can be heard. It also brings into discussion, on the horizon of Christian theology, the riches of the message of the entire Bible in such a way that the theological dignity of post-biblical Judaism, rediscovered by Vatican II, does not suffer. The authors help us see that the many voices of the Scriptures should be heard as "canonical" voices, as a drawing nearer to the great mystery of creation theology, namely that the God of the Bible is profoundly a God of life who as such seeks a living relationship with "heaven and earth." Chapters are "The Interplay of Chaos and Cosmos," "The Beginning of Creation in the View of Genesis 1," "The Effects of the Beginning Continue: YHWH, the Good Ruler, Cares for the World," "The Eschatological Establishment of God's Rule as the Deliverance of Creation," "Lady Wisdom as God's Creative Life-Force," "The Logos as the Revelation of God's Creative Glory (Gospel of John)," "The Biblical Primeval History in Genesis 1-9 as a Theological Composition," "The World as a House for the Living (Gen 1:1-2:3)," "The World as the House of the Merciful God (Gen 5:1-9:29)," "Israel as Revelation of the Merciful God of Creation," "The Torah as the Sun of Creation," "God's Creation and the Wisdom of Jesus (Synoptic Jesus-Traditions)," "The Patience of Creation. On the Relationship Between Creation, Torah, and Eschatological Revelation of the Righteousness of God (Paul's Letter to the Romans)," "The Activity of the Spirit of God (ruach) for the Fulfillment of Creation (Isa 11:1-10)," "Renewal of the Creation and the Reestablishment of Israel (Acts of the Apostles)."?The work is solid and imaginative . . .? Theological Studies