Isbn: 9789004157651 - imagining creation (paperback) (ijs studies in judaica, band 5) (4 Ergebnisse)

Casebound Hardcover. Good. Binding tight, boards crisp. Penciling and highlighting through page 37. Two small spots on fore-edge. Book plate on front paste-down. 424 pp.

Hardback. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Boards are bright and unmarked, front upper corner bumped, all others sharp; binding is tight; pages are clean, Markham Geller's ink signature on front endpaper.; IJS Studies In Judaica; 6.5 x 1 x 9.75 inches; 424 pages; Signed by Co-Editor Very Good+ No dust jacket as issued.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. sealed in original plastic.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Imagining Creation is a collection of views on creation by noted authors from different disciplines. Topics include creation accounts and iconography from Mesopotamia and Egypt, and cosmologies from India and Africa. Special attention is devoted to creation in the Scriptures (Bible and Koran) and related oral traditions on Genesis from Slavonic Europe, as well as Kabbalah. Some of the creations myths are earlier and some later than the Bible, while a number of the discussed texts offer alternative approaches to the beginnings of the universe. The contributions provide many new perspectives on the origins of man and his world from diverse cultures. The volume is the proceedings of a symposium on creation stories held at University College London.…