TY - BOOK AU - Renckens,Henricus TI - Israel's concept of the beginning: the theology of Genesis 1-3 AV - BS 1235.2 .R453 KW - Bible KW - Genesis, I-III KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - "A series of articles which originally appeared in four successive volumes of Verbum (1950-1953)"; "Translated from Israels visie op het verleden; The Biblical Question" -- Biblical History -- Israel's Sources -- From Chaos to Cosmos -- From Jahweh to Elohim -- The Religious Climate -- Creation -- The Nearness of God -- Image of Elohim -- Introduction to Genesis 2–3 -- The Origin of Genesis 2ff. -- Biblical Parallels of Genesis 2ff. -- The Garden of Eden -- The Garden of Eden Once More -- "As Clay in My Hand" -- The Image of the Garden -- The Ëarthly Paradise" -- The Part of the Woman -- Man and Woman -- "This Is a Great Mystery" (Eph 5: 32) -- Monogenism and Original Sin -- The Origin of the Monogenistic Idea -- Flesh or Spirit -- The Sexual Stuff under the Hammer -- The Judgment -- The Proto–gospel (Gn 3:15) -- Text: Genesis 1–3 -- Biblical References -- Index ER -