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Title
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THE LOST VOICES OF ANCIENT ISRAEL: RECLAIMING EDEN, AN ECO-CRITICAL EXEGESIS.
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Creator
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Bacchus, Nazeer, Campbell, James, University of Central Florida
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Abstract / Description
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This work addresses the historically-read despotism Genesis 1.28 has often received in its subordination of nature for the interests of human enterprise and counters the notion of reading the entire Bible as an anti-environmental, anthropocentric text. In using a combined literary lens of eco-criticism and new historicism, this work examines the Hebrew Bible with particular attention to the books of Genesis and Exodus, offering within the Torah's oldest literary tradition (the J source) an...
Show moreThis work addresses the historically-read despotism Genesis 1.28 has often received in its subordination of nature for the interests of human enterprise and counters the notion of reading the entire Bible as an anti-environmental, anthropocentric text. In using a combined literary lens of eco-criticism and new historicism, this work examines the Hebrew Bible with particular attention to the books of Genesis and Exodus, offering within the Torah's oldest literary tradition (the J source) an environmental connection between humanity and the divine that promotes a reverence of natural world and, conversely, a rejection of rampant urbanization and its cultural departure from nature. It is the goal of this research to create a discourse by bridging the gap between religious and green studies and forging a connection with the works of the early biblical writers and environmental thought of the modern world.
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Date Issued
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2015
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Identifier
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CFH0004793, ucf:45337
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Format
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Document (PDF)
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004793
