Die Beitragenden des vorliegenden Bandes beleuchten Schöpfungskonzepte in der Antike sowie Aspekte von Schöpfungsverantwortung in frühen jüdischen und christlichen Texten. Sie reflektieren, wie diese Texte und Themen in einen konstruktiven Dialog mit heutigen Fragen der Schöpfungsethik gebracht werden können.

I. Orientation
Zacharias Shoukry/Mirjam Jekel/Ruben Zimmermann: Introduction - Dirk Evers: Creation, Nature, and Cosmos: Definitions and Hermeneutical Considerations

II. Early Judaism
Kristin De Troyer: God and Creation in Greek Esther - Barbara Schmitz: Creation Theology in 3 Maccabees? An Analysis of the Lexeme κτι- - Daniel Gurtner: The Corruption of Creation in Second Baruch

III. Early Christianity
Michal Beth Dinkler: The Wild Edges of Characterization: Caring for Creation as Character in the Gospel of Luke - Hans-Georg Gradl: Rearranged Powers: The Discourse on Creation in the Acts of the Apostles - Mirjam Jekel: Greening John: An Eco-hermeneutical Reading of the Fourth Gospel - Christof Landmesser: Paul's Theology of Creation - Alison G. Salvesen: Creation, Nature, and Paradise in the Odes of Solomon and Other Early Syriac Literature

IV. Hermeneutics and Ethics
David Horrell: Why and How Should We Speak of 'Creation'? New Testament Interpretation in an Age of Ecological Crisis - Angela Standhartinger: Creation and Gender: Pauline Perspectives in Context - Adele Reinhartz: The Reception of Biblical Creation Motifs in Contemporary Film Culture - Ruben Zimmermann: The Healing Tree of Life in the Revelation of John: An Earth-Bible-Reading - Torsten Meireis: The Garden of Life and the City of Hope: A Public Theological View on the Issue of Creation Care