Grammars of creation
originating in the Gifford Lectures for 1990
by George Steiner
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"Roaming across topics as diverse as the Hebrew Bible, the history of science and mathematics, the ontology of Heidegger, and the poetry of Paul Celan, Steiner examines how the twentieth century has placed in doubt the rationale and credibility of a future tense - the existence of hope. Acknowledging that technology and science may have replaced art and literature as the driving forces in our culture, Steiner warns that this has not happened without a significant loss.
The forces of technology and science alone fail to illuminate inevitable human questions regarding value, faith, and meaning. And yet it is difficult to believe that the story out of Genesis has ended, Steiner observes, and he concludes this volume of reflections with an evocation of the endlessness of beginnings."--BOOK JACKET.
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Grammars of creation: originating in the Gifford Lectures for 1990
2002, Yale University Press
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Grammars of Creation
February 18, 2002, Faber and Faber
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Grammars of Creation
September 1, 2002, Yale University Press
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Grammars of creation: originating in the Gifford lectures for 1990
2001, Faber and Faber
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Grammars of creation: originating in the Gifford Lectures for 1990
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Originally published by Yale in 2001; first published as a Yale Note Bene paperback in 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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