Chaos from the Ancient World to Early Modernity
Formations of the Formless
Chaos is a perennial source of fear and fascination. The original formless void (tohu-wa-bohu) mentioned in the book of Genesis, chaos precedes the created world: a state of anarchy before the establishment of cosmic order. But chaos has frequently also been conceived of as a force that persists in the cosmos and in society and threatens to undo them both. From the cultures of the ancient Near East and the Old Testament to early modernity, notions of the divine have included the power to check and contain as well as to unleash chaos as a sanction for the violation of social and ethical norms. Yet chaos has also been construed as a necessary…
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Weitere Autoren: Levin, Christoph (Hrsg.) / Müller, Reinhard (Hrsg.) / Quiring, Björn (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-11-065369-4
- EAN: 9783110653694
- Produktnummer: 34600286
- Verlag: Gruyter, Walter de GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch / Deutsch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 238 S.
- Masse: H23.7 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.0 cm 484 g
- Abbildungen: 12 b/w illustr.
- Gewicht: 484
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A. Höfele and C. Levin, LMU Munich, Germany, R. Müller, University of Göttingen, Germany, B. Quiring, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
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