Plato's Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts: Cosmic Monotheism and Terrestrial Polytheism in the Primordial History

by Russell E. Gmirkin

Plato's Timaeus and the Biblical Creation Accounts argues that the creation of the world in Genesis 1 and the story of the first humans in Genesis 2-3 both draw directly on Plato's famous account of the origins of the universe, mortal life and evil containing equal parts science, theology and myth.

This book is the first to systematically compare biblical, Ancient Near Eastern and Greek creation accounts and to show that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032020822
• ISBN13: 9781032020822
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"