Title: From Eden to eternity : creations of paradise in the later Middle Ages /
Authors: Minnis, A. J.
Year: 2016
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History; Eden History of doctrines; Paradise History of doctrines; Theological anthropology Christianity History of doctrines; Eden in art
Abstract: Introduction : creating paradise -- ch. 1. The body in Eden. Creating bodies ; Bodily functions ; The pleasures of paradise ; Being fruitful and multiplying ; The children of Eden ; What Adam knew ; Creating souls ; Eden as human habitat -- ch. 2. Power in paradise. Dominion over the animals ; Domestic dominion : the origins of economics ; Power and gender ; Unequal men : the origins of politics ; Power and possession : the origins of ownership ; The insubordinate fall -- ch. 3. Death and the paradise beyond. The death of the animal ; The body returns ; Representing paradise : from Eden to the patria ; Perfecting children's bodies ; Rewarding inequality ; Negotiating the material ; Resurrecting the senses ; Somewhere over the rainbow -- Coda : between paradises.
Contents: Introduction: Creating paradise -- The body in Eden -- Power in paradise -- Death and the paradise beyond -- Coda: Between paradises.