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2. “Love Sought Is Good, but Given Unsought Is Better”: The Doctrine of Creation Ex Nihilo
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Nathan J. Chambers
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Introduction: Reconsidering Genesis 1 and Creation Ex Nihilo 1
- 1. Interpretive Categories and the Ancient Near Eastern Context 7
- 2. “Love Sought Is Good, but Given Unsought Is Better”: The Doctrine of Creation Ex Nihilo 45
- 3. Biblical Pressure and Ex Nihilo Hermeneutics 89
- 4. The Debated Syntax of Genesis 1:1-3 133
- 5. Ways of Reading Genesis 1:1 179
- 6. Genesis 1:1 as the First Act of Creation 211
- Conclusion: Paths Travelled and Ways Forward 237
- Bibliography 245
- Scripture Index 267
- Subject and Name Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Abbreviations ix
- Introduction: Reconsidering Genesis 1 and Creation Ex Nihilo 1
- 1. Interpretive Categories and the Ancient Near Eastern Context 7
- 2. “Love Sought Is Good, but Given Unsought Is Better”: The Doctrine of Creation Ex Nihilo 45
- 3. Biblical Pressure and Ex Nihilo Hermeneutics 89
- 4. The Debated Syntax of Genesis 1:1-3 133
- 5. Ways of Reading Genesis 1:1 179
- 6. Genesis 1:1 as the First Act of Creation 211
- Conclusion: Paths Travelled and Ways Forward 237
- Bibliography 245
- Scripture Index 267
- Subject and Name Index 275
