Platos Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts - 9781032020822

Taylor & Francis

Platos Timaeus and the Biblical Creation AccountsCosmic Monotheism and Terrestrial Polytheism in the Primordial History\nAuthor(s): Russell E. Gmirkin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032020822, 978-1032020822\nSynopsis\nPlatos Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Platos famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil containing equal parts science, theology and myth. This book is the first to systematically compare biblical, Ancient Near Eastern and Greek creation accounts and to show that Genesis 1-3 is heavily indebted to Platos Timaeus and other cosmogonies by Greek natural philosophers. It argues that the idea of a monotheistic cosmic god was first introduced in Genesis 1 under the influence of Platos philosophy, and that this cosmic Creator was originally disti.