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Nature and Scripture: The Two Witnesses to the Creator (2008)

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The phrase, ?the two witnesses to the Creator? comes from a ?teaching song,? madrashe, of the fourth-century exegete, Ephraem, the Syrian. Any exploration of the differences in Christian and Gnostic understanding of the relationship between God, human beings and the cosmos as a whole begs the question of who is to be identified as Gnostic.? This chapter emphasizes the challenges faced by the early Christian thinkers in respect to the understanding of the world of nature, in all its forms, including the understanding of human nature and its relationship to the otherness of the creation of which they are part. Scripture occupies an absolutely fundamental place in the life of the Christian communities. Using Basil?s Hexaemeron as his guide, Bishop Ambrose of Milan delivered nine sermons around the year 387.

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Authors & Contributors
Meer, Jitse M. van der
Mandelbrote, Scott
Yarchin, William
Snobelen, Stephen David
Rudavsky, T. M.
Rowe, Tamsin
Publishers
Brill
Concepts
Bible
Hermeneutics
Christianity
Nature
Natural philosophy
Theology
People
Augustine, Saint
Wright, George Frederick
Thomas Aquinas, Saint
Spinoza, Baruch
Moore, Aubrey
Kepler, Johannes
Time Periods
Medieval
17th century
Early modern
Renaissance
19th century
18th century
Places
Rome (Italy)
England
United States
Netherlands
Greece
France
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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