The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality by James Barr

Name: The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality by James Barr
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SKU: TVJ-020326
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A thoughtful exploration of one of the Bible’s most enduring themes

Good Condition – visible page edge spotting and light wear to the cover, with some bending to the pages.

"James Barr presents a novel reading of the story of the Garden of Eden, not as a tale of the origins of sin and death but as a tale of a chance of immortality, briefly accessible to humanity but quickly lost. Old Testament scholars have long been aware that the traditional reading...as 'The Fall of Man,' though hallowed by St. Paul's use of it, cannot stand up to close examination of the text." Barr's work here is "both striking and compelling. Central to the book is its stress on the role and prevalence of the idea of immortality, commonly thought to be a later Greek and unbiblical import into Christian thinking. Reflection on immortality also leads to a reconsideration of ideas about death in the Hebrew Bible; about Sheol, the Hebrew Underworld; and about the soul." TABLE OF CONTENTS: Adam and Eve; The Naturalness of Death and the Path to Immortality; Knowledge, Sexuality and Immortality; Noah's Ark: Time, Chronology and the Fall; Immortality and Resurrection: Conflict or Complementary? BOOK DETAILS -- 146 pp; 23 pp of bibliographic information; Index of Biblical References; Index of Names and Subjects.