When the great abyss opened: classic and contemporary readings of noah's flood

What does the story of the Flood mean to us and why does it so stir the collective imagination? When the Great Abyss Opened examines the history of our attempts to understand the Flood, from medieval Jewish and Christian speculation about the physical details of the ark to contemporary efforts to link it to scientific findings. Unraveling the mythical dimensions of the parallel Mesopotamian flood stories and their deeper social and psychological significance, J. David Pleins sheds new light on our continuing attempts to understand this ancient primal myth. INDICE: 1.: Of Angels, Mangers, and Arks: Black Sea Flooding and Mountain Mania; 2.: For the Bible Tells Me SO!: Competing Ways to Read Genesis; 3.: Not as Seamless as It Seems: The Literalist's Lens; 4.: Just after Breakfast on Sunday, October 23, 4004 B.C.: Fundamentalist Literalism and Creation 'Science'; 5.: From Sarcophagus to Ship: Traditional and Early Scientific Visions ofthe Flood; 6.: Weather Reports? : Adopting the Mythic View; 7.: Diverting theStream of Tradition: Reinventing the Flood Myth; 8.: Race, Sex, and the Cruse: When Myths Go Wrong; 9.: Simone de Beauvoir aboard the Ark: Male Hero Fantasies and the Second Sex; 10.: Can We Really Dig Up God? : Science, Myth, and the Flood Today; Conclusion. Telling Many Stories; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-973363-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés