J David Pleins
Biographic Data
| ID | 4982448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J David Pleins |
| GIVEN NAMES | J David |
| FAMILY NAME | Pleins |
| SIGNATURE | PLEINS J D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Program on Studies in Religion, The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
When the Great Abyss Opened
The story of Noah's flood is one of the best-loved and most often retold biblical tales, it is the inspiration for numerous children's books and toys, novels, and even films. Whether as allusion, archetype, or literal presence—the American landscape is peppered with “recreations” of the ark—the story of Noah's animals and the ark resonates throughout American culture and the world. While most think of Noah's ark as a dramatic myth, others are con…
When the Great Abyss Opened
From Sarcophagus to Ship
Various endeavors were made to make logical sense out of the story of Noah's ark even before the fundamentalist movement was set in motion. Although several Christian and Jewish interpreters attempted to exaggerate certain aspects of the story to find moral guidance and spiritual insight, scientific thinkers during the 16th and 17th centuries tried coming up with stories that would seem rational in the context of looking into certain mechanical t…
When myths go wrong
Distorted interpretations and abusive uses of the Ham–Noah curse tale abound. This essay explores five common interpretations. Cohen's overly‐imaginative interpretation links wine, genitalia, and reproduction to accent Noah's potency and Ham's presumed designs on that potency. Nineteenth‐century slave owners used the text to undergird dangerous fantasies of white superiority. Fundamentalists, thinking Ham sodomised his father, inappropriately use…
Phoenicia, History Of
Poverty in the Social World of the Wise
Significant progress has been made in clarifying the social milieu of the biblical wisdom literature.Although scholars are certainly not in complete agreement on this issue, nevertheless many have convincingly argued for an urban elite educational background as the well-spring of wisdom thought.This paper explores this thesis through a consideration of wisdom teaching on poverty.The study begins with a brief sketch of the royal tendencies and inf…
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Poverty in the Social World of the Wise
Significant progress has been made in clarifying the social milieu of the biblical wisdom literature.Although scholars are certainly not in complete agreement on this issue, nevertheless many have convincingly argued for an urban elite educational background as the well-spring of wisdom thought.This paper explores this thesis through a consideration of wisdom teaching on poverty.The study begins with a brief sketch of the royal tendencies and inf…
Phoenicia, History Of
When myths go wrong
Distorted interpretations and abusive uses of the Ham–Noah curse tale abound. This essay explores five common interpretations. Cohen's overly‐imaginative interpretation links wine, genitalia, and reproduction to accent Noah's potency and Ham's presumed designs on that potency. Nineteenth‐century slave owners used the text to undergird dangerous fantasies of white superiority. Fundamentalists, thinking Ham sodomised his father, inappropriately use…
When the Great Abyss Opened
The story of Noah's flood is one of the best-loved and most often retold biblical tales, it is the inspiration for numerous children's books and toys, novels, and even films. Whether as allusion, archetype, or literal presence—the American landscape is peppered with “recreations” of the ark—the story of Noah's animals and the ark resonates throughout American culture and the world. While most think of Noah's ark as a dramatic myth, others are con…
When the Great Abyss Opened
From Sarcophagus to Ship
Various endeavors were made to make logical sense out of the story of Noah's ark even before the fundamentalist movement was set in motion. Although several Christian and Jewish interpreters attempted to exaggerate certain aspects of the story to find moral guidance and spiritual insight, scientific thinkers during the 16th and 17th centuries tried coming up with stories that would seem rational in the context of looking into certain mechanical t…
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