Chaos from the Ancient World to Early Modernity
Formations of the Formless
(Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch)
Chaos is a perennial source of fear and fascination. The original "formless void" (tohu-wa-bohu) mentioned in the book of Genesis, chaos precedes the created world: a state of anarchy before the establishment of cosmic order. But chaos has frequently...
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Chaos is a perennial source of fear and fascination. The original "formless void" (tohu-wa-bohu) mentioned in the book of Genesis, chaos precedes the created world: a state of anarchy before the establishment of cosmic order. But chaos has frequently also been conceived of as a force that persists in the cosmos and in society and threatens to undo them both.
Autoren-Porträt
Andreas Höfele und Christoph Levin, LMU München, Reinhard Müller, Universität Göttingen, Björn Quiring, Trinity College Dublin, Irland.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2020, VI, 238 Seiten, 12 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 16,4 x 23,7 cm, Gebunden, Deutsch/Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Andreas Höfele, Christoph Levin, Reinhard Müller, Björn Quiring
- Verlag: De Gruyter
- ISBN-10: 3110653699
- ISBN-13: 9783110653694
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.11.2020
Sprache:
Englisch, Deutsch
Pressezitat
"In many ways, the overall volume represents a grand intertextual study in the theme of chaos, spanning many cultures and languages, over a few thousand years. Most's chapters would fit well in a classics course. Maul's, Levin's, and Müller's chapters could easily be used in a Near Eastern studies or Hebrew Bible/Old Testament course. Kellner's, Mehltretter's, Höfele's, Lobsien's, Teskey's, and Quiring's chapters would be well-suited to various literature courses. Fischer's chapter could be used in a political science or international relations course. However, when they are left together, there is a breadth and diversity, moving from origin narratives to political theories to moral considerations. Chaos itself ranges from nothing, to unordered something, to moral and social depravity, to the precursor of creation and new creation, to the motivation for authoritarianism." Jordan M. Scheetz in Review of Biblical Literature 3/2022.
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