Theodore Hiebert – författare

Hiebert offers a comprehensive examination of the ideology of the biblical author J (the Yahwist), writer of the oldest narrative sections of Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers, and shows how it is relevant to contemporary efforts to frame a theology of ecology.

The present ecological crisis has created new interest in and criticism of biblical attitudes toward nature. In this book Theodore Hiebert offers a comprehensive examination of the ideology of a single biblical author--the Yahwist (J), writer of the oldest narrative sections of Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers. Hiebert argues the importance of reading J in its ancient Near Eastern context. His analysis incorporates evidence concerning the ecologies, economies, and religions of the ancient Levant drawn from recent work in archaeology, history, social anthropology, and comparative religion. Hiebert finds that despite the limitations of J''s world view (and the world in which it took shape), J''s ideology is relevant to contemporary efforts to frame a theology of ecology. Particularly valuable are J''s views of reality as unified and non-dualistic, humanity as limited and dependent, nature and humanity as interrelated and holding sacred significance, and agriculture as a context for an ecological theology.

The world is full of so many different things: animals, plants, foods, languages, people. But it might not have been that way if it weren''t for God''s big plan . . .

This vibrant picture book illuminates a new understanding of the story of Babel in Genesis, revealing God''s plan for wonderful diversity throughout the world. God''s Big Plan includes a note for parents and educators.

God''s Big Plan is a Junior Library Guild Selection.

The world is full of so many different things: animals, plants, foods, languages, people. But it might not have been that way if it weren't for God's big plan . . . This vibrant picture book illuminates a new understanding of the story of Babel in Genesis, revealing God's plan for wonderful diversity throughout the world. God's Big Plan includes a note for parents and educators.God's Big Plan is a Junior Library Guild Selection.