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Recruiting the Ancients for the Creation Debate

RECRUITING THE ANCIENTS FOR THE CREATION DEBATE

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<P>This book offers a careful and unbiased analysis of how thinkers from church history interpreted the creation narrative in Genesis. 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 or theistic evolution. The problem lies in trying to force ancient authors into contemporary boxes, as the author shows in this thought-provoking volume. Covering Philo, Basil, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, and more, he 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. By studying the intellectual history of the church in this way—to revisit rather than recruit the ancients—we can enrich our own biblical interpretation. Irenic and magisterial, this guide will interest both scholars of historical theology and anyone invested in the creation debate.</P>

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Table of Contents.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
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: Basil&#x2019;s Borderlands Creation and His Hexaemeral Disciples.
6: Augustine&#x2019;s Instantaneous Creation.
7: The Middle Ages from Bede to Aquinas.
8: Martin Luther&#x2019;s Straightforward Creation.
9: John Calvin&#x2019;s Space of Six Days.
10: From the Westminster Confession to John Wesley.
Conclusion: On Revisiting, Not Recruiting, the Ancients.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index of Authors.
Index of Subjects.
Index of Scripture.

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