VII. The Destruction of Creation as a Result of Human Failure

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface to the English Translation xi
5. Introduction: The Primacy of Exodus Theology over Creation Theology? 1
6. I. The Status of Creation Traditions in Several Twentieth-Century Currents of Christian Theology 4
7. II. Contemporary Challenges for a Christian Creation Theology 16
8. III. Traces of a Numinous Approach to the Environment in the Hebrew Bible 22
9. IV. Creation and Blessing 70
10. V. Ideas of the Origin of the World 77
11. VI. The World as Manifestation of Divine Activity 108
12. VII. The Destruction of Creation as a Result of Human Failure 153
13. VIII. The Threatening World as the Work of God in God’s Speeches (Job 38–41) 159
14. IX. The Question of Origins in the Ionian Natural Philosophers 171
15. X. The Wisdom Immanent in the World as the Prime Beginning in the First Testament 176
16. XI. The Theologization of Wisdom, a Post-Critical Naivete (Modesty), and the Desire for Eternity 183
17. Epilogue 192
18. A Selection of Nonbiblical Texts 194
19. Bibliography 209
20. Index of Authors 236
21. Index of Scripture 239