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Title Imagining creation [electronic resource] / edited by Markham J. Geller and Mineke Schipper ; with an introduction by Mary Douglas.

Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

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Description xxii, 424 p. : ill.
Series IJS studies in Judaica, 1570-1581 ; v. 5
IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 5.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Mesopotamian creation stories / W.G. Lambert -- Creation stories in ancient Egypt / Stephen Quirke -- You can't get here from there : the logical paradox of ancient Indian creation myths / Wendy Doniger -- Stories of the beginning : origin myths in Africa south of the Sahara / Mineke Schipper -- Modern Jewish attitudes to the concept of myth / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Extract from Genesis 1-2 translation and commentary, Norton, NY 1996 / Robert Alter -- The Bible in the making : Slavonic creation stories / Florentina Badalanova -- Arab creation stories beyond the pale / Abdullah al-Udhari -- Lurianic creation myths / Daphne Freedman.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Creation -- Mythology -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Geller, Markham J.
Schipper, Mineke.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9789004157651 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004186231 (paperback : acid-free paper)
9789047422976 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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