The contributors to this edited volume explore creation concepts in antiquity and aspects of caring for creation in ancient Jewish and Christian texts. Moreover, they inquire about the relevance of these texts and topics to today's earth ethics and ecological crises.

Autorentext
Geboren 1968; 1999 Promotion; Professor für Neues Testament an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz und wiss. Mitarbeiter am Department of Old and New Testament Studies, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, Südafrika. Born 1993; 2022 Dr. theol.; Postdoc and Research Fellow in the field of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Rostock. Born 1987; 2023 Dr. theol.; Postdoc and Research Fellow in the field of New Testament Studies at the Institute of Theology of the Leibniz University Hannover.

Inhalt

I. Orientation
Zacharias Shoukry/Mirjam Jekel/Ruben Zimmermann : Introduction - Dirk Evers : Creation, Nature, and Cosmos: Definitions and Hermeneutical Considerations

II. Early Judaism
Kristin De Troyer : God and Creation in Greek Esther - Barbara Schmitz: Creation Theology in 3 Maccabees? An Analysis of the Lexeme - - Daniel Gurtner : The Corruption of Creation in Second Baruch

III. Early Christianity
Michal Beth Dinkler: The Wild Edges of Characterization: Caring for Creation as Character in the Gospel of Luke - Hans-Georg Gradl : Rearranged Powers: The Discourse on Creation in the Acts of the Apostles - Mirjam Jekel : Greening John: An Eco-hermeneutical Reading of the Fourth Gospel - Christof Landmesser : Paul's Theology of Creation - Alison G. Salvesen: Creation, Nature, and Paradise in the Odes of Solomon and Other Early Syriac Literature

IV. Hermeneutics and Ethics
David Horrell : Why and How Should We Speak of 'Creation'? New Testament Interpretation in an Age of Ecological Crisis - Angela Standhartinger : Creation and Gender: Pauline Perspectives in Context - Adele Reinhartz: The Reception of Biblical Creation Motifs in Contemporary Film Culture - Ruben Zimmermann: The Healing Tree of Life in the Revelation of John: An Earth-Bible-Reading - Torsten Meireis : The Garden of Life and the City of Hope: A Public Theological View on the Issue of Creation Care