TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boersema,J.J.
TI  - The Torah and the Stoics on humankind and nature: A Contribution to the Debate on Sustainability and Quality 
T2  - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
SN  - 9789004497399
AV  - BS660 
U1  - 261.8 23
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Biblical cosmology
KW  - Cosmology, Ancient
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Purity, Ritual
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The environmental problematique is intimately bound up with deep-seated human attitudes regarding our relationship with nature. Here in the west those attitudes have been shaped to no small degree by the canonical texts of the Bible and the classical philosophers. In this book the author re-examines some of these seminal texts, arguing that what we today know as 'Christian cosmology' is in fact a grafting of classical Greek philosophy onto ancient Israelite thought, with certain valuable traditions being all but lost in the process. The dietary laws of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, in particular, still prove surprisingly relevant today. Often misread on this point, the creation narratives of Genesis can likewise serve as a rich point of departure for examining our attitudes towards the natural world. A reappraisal of these sources is necessary and feasible. There is no need for an appeal to cosmologies alien to our own culture, nor for recourse to 'New Age' beliefs in all their variety
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004497399
ER  -