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The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics Humans, Nonhumans, and the Living LandscapeDescription
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Two Trees: Fryd and Glede; Two Aims: Exegesis and Ecology; Strangeness and Ethics; Outline; 2 Interacting with the World: ''New Animism, '' Metaphor Theory, and Personalistic Nature Texts; Introduction; ''Losing Your Concepts'': Cora Diamond, Personalistic Nature Texts, and Articulating Conceptual Distance; ''New Animism''; Metaphor and Relationality; Personalistic Nature Texts and Patience; 3 A Watchful World: Personalistic Nature Texts in the Torah; Introduction; Genesis; Genesis 1: The Earth Brought Forth . . .Genesis 4: The Soil ... Opened Its Mouth; Genesis 31:48, 52: The Witness Stone; Genesis 47:13-26: Should We Die ... Us and Our Land?; Exodus; Exodus 15:12: Earth Swallowed . . .; Leviticus; Leviticus 18:24-28: The Earth Vomited . . .; Leviticus 19:29: That the Land Not Prostitute Itself . . .; Leviticus 25 and 26: The Land is to Rest . . .; Leviticus 26:42-43a: I Will Remember the Land . . .; Numbers; Numbers 13:32: A Land That Devours Its Inhabitants; Numbers 16:30-34 and 26:10 (with Deuteronomy 11:6 and Psalm 106:17): The Earth Opened Its Mouth; Numbers 21:17-18: The Song of the WellDeuteronomy; Deuteronomy 4:26, 30:19, 31:28, and 32:1: I Call to Witness the Heavens and the Earth; Deuteronomy 32:43: He Will Atone for His Soil; A Note on Idioms and Metonymy; Conclusion; 4 A Sentient World: Personalistic Nature Texts in the Prophets; Introduction; War; Theophany; Address; Grief; Joy; Conclusion; 5 An Articulate World: Personalistic Nature Texts in the Writings; Introduction; Declaration in the Psalms; Job's Negotiation with His Place; Boundaries and Bliss; Conclusion; 6 Conclusion: Befriending the World; Avenues for Further Study; Theological AnthropologyArchitecture and Artifacts in Biblical Texts; Iconographic Exegesis and Archeology; What Is the Good of a Concept?; Living Together: Patricia Johanson and Jules Renard; Religious Communities and Climate Change; The Promise of Delight; Bibliography; General Index; Bible IndexBook Details
Author
Joerstad, MariDate Published
2019Publication Subjects
Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc Bible. Old Testament Environmental ethics Biblical teaching Human ecology Religious aspects Christianity Ecotheology Éthique de l'environnement Enseignement biblique Écologie humaine Aspect religieux Christianisme Écothéologie RELIGION Biblical Studies Old Testament RELIGION Judaism Sacred Writings Ecotheology Human ecology Religious aspects Christianity Criticism, interpretation, etcCall No.
BS680.E58 J64 2019