Scripture and Cosmology: Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science 9780830898701, 9780830840786, 2015023988, 9780830839544, 9780830861491, 9780830868155

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Table of contents :
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1 Scripture in Context
Part One: Scripture and Cosmos in Cultural Context
2 Ancient Near Eastern Cosmologies
3 Cosmology in Scripture
4 Cosmology and Cosmogony in Scripture
Part Two: Cosmology and Scripture in Historical Context
5 Scripture and Aristotelian Cosmology
6 Scripture and Copernican Cosmology
Part Three: Scripture and Science
7 Cosmology and the Authority of Scripture
8 The Authority of Scripture and the Issue of Science
Bibliography
Author and Work Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index

Scripture and Cosmology: Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science
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