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Cover\nDedication\nPreface\nTable of Contents\nIntroduction\n Beginnings\n Recent Treatments of Paul’s View of Creation\n Paul as a Reader of Genesis in Comparison with Philo\n Paul’s and Philo’s Three-Strand Hermeneutic of Creation\nChapter 1: Before the Beginning?\n 1.1 Proverbs 8:22–31 and Before Genesis 1\n 1.2 Philo’s “Before”: God’s Pre-Creational Deliberation for Goodness’ Sake\n 1.2.1 The Presence in Philo of a Pre-Creational Plan and the Timaeus of Plato (Op. 16, 26–28)\n (a) Philo’s Timing of “In the Beginning”: Before the Beginning (Op. 26–28)\n (b) The Purpose of God’s Pre-Creational Intentions: For Goodness’ Sake (Op. 16)\n 1.2.2 Philo’s Content of God’s Pre-Creational Plan: The Invisible, Beautiful Paradigm (Op. 29 and 129–30)\n (a) Philo’s First Reading of the Before: An Invisible Earth and Gen. 1:1–5 (Op. 29)\n (b) Philo’s Second Reading of the Before: Invisible Green in Gen. 2:4–5 (Op. 129–30)\n 1.3 Paul’s Before: God’s Pre-Creational Deliberation for our Glory\n 1.3.1 The Presence in Paul of a Pre-Creational Plan and the Text of Proverbs 8 (1 Cor. 2:7)\n (a) The Presence of God’s Pre-Set Intentions (1 Cor. 1:18–2:5, 2:7)\n (b) The Timing and Text(s) of “Before the Ages”: Prov. 8:23, Genesis 1, and Before (1 Cor. 2:7)\n 1.3.2 Paul’s Content of God’s Pre-Creational Wisdom: Christ, His Cross, and a Plurality of Preparations (1 Cor. 1–2, 15, and Rom. 8:29–30)\n (a) Paul’s First Presentation of the Before: Mediator, Means, and Goal of Glory (1 Cor. 1:24, 30, and 2:7, 9)\n (b) Paul’s Second Presentation of the Before: Method and Members from Image to Glory (1 Cor. 15:49 and Rom. 8:29–30)\n 1.4 Comparisons and Conclusions: Philo and Paul on Before the Beginning\nChapter 2: The Beginning of the World\n 2.1 Genesis 1, God’s Desire, the World’s Goodness\n 2.2 Philo and Paul on Genesis 1:2–5: The God Who Spoke Light\n 2.2.1 Philo’s Reading of Genesis 1:2–5: A Special Light and its Bodily Dimming (Op. 30–35)\n 2.2.2 Paul’s Reading of Genesis 1:2–5: A Special Light and its Facial Glory (2 Cor. 4:6)\n 2.3 Philo and Paul on Genesis 1:6–31: Six Days of Ontic Order and Divine Design\n 2.3.1 Philo’s Reading of Genesis 1:6–31 (Op. 36–68)\n (a) The Second Day: Philo on Genesis 1:6–8 (Op. 36–37)\n (b) The Third Day: Philo on Genesis 1:9–13 (Op. 38–44)\n (i) On vv. 9–10: Primordial Ooze, Good Land (Op. 38–39)\n (ii) On vv. 11–13: Illustration of the Seed (Op. 40–44)\n (c) The Fourth Day: Philo on Genesis 1:14–19 (Op. 45–61)\n (i) The Theological Delay of the Luminaries (Op.45–46)\n (ii) The Teleological Ends of the Luminaries (Op. 53–61)\n (d) The Fifth Day: Philo on Genesis 1:20–23 (Op. 62–63)\n (e) The Sixth Day: Philo on Genesis 1:24–26 (Op. 64–68)\n (f) Summary: Philo’s Beginning of the World\n 2.3.2 Paul’s Reading of Genesis 1:6–31 (1 Cor. 15:35–41)\n (a) “Sowing the Seed” of God’s Creative Power (1 Cor. 15:36–38a)\n (b) Days 2–6: Paul’s Cosmology and Genesis 1 (1 Cor. 15:38b–41)\n (i) The Third Day (Gen. 1:11–13): Two Themes of Genesis 1 (v. 38bc)\n (ii) The Other Days: the Language of Genesis 1 (vv. 39–41)\n 1. The Fifth and Sixth Days: Paul’s Zoology and Gen. 1:20–27 (v. 39)\n 2. The Second Day: Paul’s Cosmology and Gen. 1:6–8, 9–10 (v. 40)\n 3. The Fourth Day: Paul’s Astronomy and Gen. 1:14–19 (v. 41)\n (c) Summary: Paul’s Beginning of the World\n 2.4 Comparisons and Conclusions: Philo and Paul on the Beginning of the World\nChapter 3: The Beginning of Humanity\n 3.1 The Image of God: Genesis 1:27\n 3.1.1 Philo’s Reading of Genesis 1:27\n (a) Philo’s First Reading of Genesis 1:27 (Op. 69–88)\n (i) Gen. 1:27ab: “Imaging” and “Resembling” God (Op. 69–71)\n (ii) God’s Foresight in Humanity’s Tardiness (Op. 77–78 and 82)\n (b) Philo’s Second Reading of Genesis 1:27 (Op. 134–35)\n (i) Philo’s Re-Reading of the Beginning of the World (Op. 131–33)\n (ii) Philo’s Re-Reading of the Beginning of Humanity (Op. 134)\n (c) Summary: Philo’s Reading of Genesis 1:27\n 3.1.2 Paul’s Reading of Genesis 1:27\n (a) Paul’s First Application of Genesis 1:27: Man, the Image and Glory of God (1 Cor. 11:7–12)\n (i) Paul’s Application of the Beginning of Humanity (1 Cor. 11:7–12b)\n (ii) Paul’s Cosmogonic Perspective (1 Cor. 11:12c)\n (b) Paul’s Second Application of Genesis 1:27: Christ, the Image of God (2 Cor. 4:4–6)\n (i) Paul’s Re-Application of the Beginning of Humanity (2 Cor. 4:4)\n (ii) Paul’s Cosmogonic Perspectives (2 Cor. 4:6)\n (c) Summary: Paul’s Reading of Genesis 1:27, in Comparison with Philo’s Readings\n 3.2 The Man of Dust: Genesis 2:7\n 3.2.1 Philo’s Reading of Genesis 2:7\n (a) Philo’s Negative Reading: “Earthly” Man in Comparison (Op. 134–35)\n (b) Philo’s Positive Reading: “First Man” per se (Op. 136–50)\n (c) Summary: Philo’s Reading of Genesis 2:7\n 3.2.2 Paul’s Reading of Genesis 2:7\n (a) Paul’s Positive Reading: A Glorious Adam per se (1 Cor. 11:7–9, 12:12–30, 15:39–40)\n (i) Adam as God’s Original “Image and Glory” (1 Cor. 11:7–9)\n (ii) Adam’s “Flesh” and Earthly “Body” as having “Glory” (1 Cor. 15:39–40)\n (iii) God’s “Desired” Construction of the Original Human Body and the World: Comparing 1 Cor. 11:7–12 and 15:37–42 with 12:12–30\n (b) Paul’s Negative Reading: The Inglorious Adam in Comparison (1 Cor. 15:44b-47)\n (c) Summary: Paul’s Reading of Genesis 2:7, in Comparison with Philo’s Reading\n 3.3 The Image of Adam: Genesis 5:3\n 3.3.1 Philo’s Reading of Genesis 5:3\n (a) Ontological Adam-like Nobility (Op. 145)\n (b) Ethical Adam-like Nobility (QG 1.81)\n (c) Summary: Philo’s Reading of Genesis 5:3\n 3.3.2 Paul’s Reading of Genesis 5:3\n (a) The “Image” of Adamic Ontology (1 Cor. 15:48–49)\n (b) The Glory of the New Adamic “Image” (2 Cor. 3:18)\n (c) The New Adamic “Image,” the Cosmos, and the Before (Rom. 8:29)\n (d) Summary: Paul’s Reading of Genesis 5:3, in Comparison with Philo’s Readings\n 3.4 Comparisons and Conclusions Philo and Paul on the Beginning of Humanity\nConclusion\nBibliography\n Primary Literature: Translations, Reference Works\n Secondary Literature\nIndex of Ancient Sources\n 1. Old Testament\n 2. Philo\n 3. New Testament\n 4. Other Ancient Literature\nIndex of Modern Authors\nIndex of Subjects