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Recruiting the Ancients for the Creation Debate
About this book
A careful and unbiased analysis of how thinkers from church history interpreted the creation narrative in GenesisĀ
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How literally are we meant to take the creation week of Genesis 1? In this polarizing debate, contemporary interpreters invoke great theologians from history to support their own side, whether that be a young Earth, theistic evolution, or any other view.Ā
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The problem lies in trying to force ancient authors into contemporary boxes, as Andrew J. Brown shows in this thought-provoking volume. Covering Philo, Basil, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, and more, Brown carefully interprets great thinkers' readings of Genesis 1 in their intellectual contexts. He then assesses how these authors have been subject to cherry-picking and misappropriation in the trenches of the modern creation debate.Ā
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By studying the intellectual history of the church in this wayāto revisit rather than recruit the ancientsāwe can enrich our own biblical interpretation. Irenic and magisterial, Brown's guide will interest both scholars of historical theology and anyone invested in the creation debate.
??Ā
How literally are we meant to take the creation week of Genesis 1? In this polarizing debate, contemporary interpreters invoke great theologians from history to support their own side, whether that be a young Earth, theistic evolution, or any other view.Ā
Ā
The problem lies in trying to force ancient authors into contemporary boxes, as Andrew J. Brown shows in this thought-provoking volume. Covering Philo, Basil, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, and more, Brown carefully interprets great thinkers' readings of Genesis 1 in their intellectual contexts. He then assesses how these authors have been subject to cherry-picking and misappropriation in the trenches of the modern creation debate.Ā
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By studying the intellectual history of the church in this wayāto revisit rather than recruit the ancientsāwe can enrich our own biblical interpretation. Irenic and magisterial, Brown's guide will interest both scholars of historical theology and anyone invested in the creation debate.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Problem and the Purpose of This Book
- 1. Early Alexandrian Interpretation of Genesis 1
- 2. The Millennial Roots of the World-Week Approach to Genesis 1
- 3. The World-Week Scheme Historicized in Augustine
- 4. Three Patristic Literal Interpretations of the Creation Week
- 5. Basilās Borderlands Creation and His Hexaemeral Disciples
- 6. Augustineās Instantaneous Creation
- 7. The Middle Ages from Bede to Aquinas
- 8. Martin Lutherās Straightforward Creation
- 9. John Calvinās Space of Six Days
- 10. From the Westminster Confession to John Wesley
- Conclusion: On Revisiting, Not Recruiting, the Ancients
- Glossary
- Bibliography