The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology (Oxford Handbooks) – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190606732,0190606738
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Environmental issues are an ever-increasing focus of public discourse and have proved concerning to religious groups as well as society more widely. Among biblical scholars, criticism of the Judeo-Christian tradition for its part in the worsening crisis has led to a small but growing field of study on ecology and the Bible. This volume in the Oxford Handbook series makes a significant contribution to this burgeoning interest in ecological hermeneutics, incorporating the best of international scholarship on ecology and the Bible. The Handbook comprises 30 individual essays on a wide range of relevant topics by established and emerging scholars. Arranged in four sections, the volume begins with a historical overview before tackling some key methodological issues. The second, substantial, section comprises thirteen essays offering detailed exegesis from an ecological perspective of selected biblical books. This is followed by a section exploring broader thematic topics such as the Imago Dei and stewardship. Finally, the volume concludes with a number of essays on contemporary perspectives and applications, including political and ethical considerations.
Table contents:
Part I: Issues and Methods
1. The Historical Roots of the Ecological Crisis
2. Ecological Hermeneutics: Origins, Approaches, and Prospects
3. Ecological Feminist Hermeneutics
4. Ecological Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism
5. Literary Ecocriticism and the Bible
Part II: Specific Biblical Texts
6. Genesis
7. Leviticus
8. Deuteronomy
9. Reading from the Ground Up: Nature in the Book of Isaiah
10. Re-Viewing the Book of Jeremiah: An Ecological Perspective
11. God’s Good Land: The Agrarian Perspective of the Book of the Twelve
12. “Deep Calls to Deep”: The Ecology of Praise in the Psalms
13. The Book of Job
14. The Ecotheology of the Song of Songs
15. Synoptic Gospels
16. John’s Gospel
17. Pauline Epistles: Paul’s Vision of Cosmic Liberation and Renewal
18. Revelation
Part III: Thematic Studies
19. Attitudes to Nature in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East
20. The Image of God in Ecological Perspective
21. Ecology and Eschatology in the Second Temple Period
22. Stewardship: A Biblical Concept?
23. The Sea and Ecology
24. City as Sustainable Environment
Part IV: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives
25. The Bible and Ecotheology: A Jewish Perspective
26. The Bible and Wildlife Conservation
27. The Bible and Environmental Ethics
28. The Bible and Animal Theology
29. Creation Care and the Bible: An Evangelical Perspective
30. Climate Skepticism, Politics, and the Bible
Author & Subject Index
Index of Bible and Other Ancient Sources
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