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Borek, Karen Olson.

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Continuity and discontinuity in the interpretations of Genesis 1--3: Moving toward the tragic (Julian of Norwich, Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Paul Ricoeur).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Continuity and discontinuity in the interpretations of Genesis 1--3: Moving toward the tragic (Julian of Norwich, Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Paul Ricoeur)./
Author:	Borek, Karen Olson.
Description:	315 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-02, Section: A, page: 0568.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International65-02A.
Subject:	Theology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3123312
ISBN:	0496706233

Continuity and discontinuity in the interpretations of Genesis 1--3: Moving toward the tragic (Julian of Norwich, Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Paul Ricoeur).
Borek, Karen Olson.

Continuity and discontinuity in the interpretations of Genesis 1--3: Moving toward the tragic (Julian of Norwich, Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Paul Ricoeur). - 315 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-02, Section: A, page: 0568.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Emory University, 2004.

This dissertation looks at three renditions of the origin of evil, all loosely based on the creation accounts of Genesis 1--3, to discern whether evil's emergence can be understood from a tragic rather than juridical perspective. It begins by looking at Augustine's interpretation of the fall and how he blames the creaturely will for the incursion of evil. It finds, however, that Augustine cannot sustain his defense even in his pure-case scenario (the angelic fall) and winds up implicating God for the existence of evil. The dissertation then turns to Julian of Norwich who wrestles with the received tradition but learns from her revelatory encounters with God that God does not blame humanity. Indeed, she is told that evil is inevitable, a function of human creatureliness, and that God desires to reward, not punish, humanity for the creaturely afflictions it suffers. As we move from Augustine's primarily juridical construction to our investigation of Julian, we find the beginnings of a tragic construal of evil which reaches its denouement in the work of Paul Ricoeur. Ricoeur holds God responsible for the inevitability of evil but must turn to the book of Job to prove his case.

ISBN: 0496706233Subjects--Topical Terms:

516533
Theology.

Continuity and discontinuity in the interpretations of Genesis 1--3: Moving toward the tragic (Julian of Norwich, Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Paul Ricoeur).
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