Creation and emergence in Gen 2–3
Pages 374 to 389
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- DE GELIS, Olric,
- De Gelis, Olric.
- De Gelis, O.
https://doi.org/10.3917/nrt.463.0374
Cite this article
- De Gelis, O.
- De Gelis, Olric.
- DE GELIS, Olric,
https://doi.org/10.3917/nrt.463.0374
In this article, the author examines the part played by the theory of emergence (man’s autochthony) in the narrative of Gn 2 and 3. Drawing on paleoanthropological and anthropological studies on the subject, he shows how the biblical narrative reworks this tradition and brings the question of otherness to the fore within a theory that privileges the theme of the same. Adam’s relationship with the ‘adâmâh, the fertile soil from which he sprang, is thus seen as the site of an “anthropology of the earth” that blossoms into an ethic of justice and charity.
- Emergence
- Myth
- Revelation
- Analogy
- Otherness
- ‘Adâmâh
Publisher keywords: ‘Adâmâh, Analogy, Emergence, Myth, Otherness, Revelation