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Creation out of Nothing provides a full-fledged exploration of the creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) doctrine that focuses on biblical, theological, extrabiblical, philosophical, and scientific support for the doctrine. The volume begins with a statement about the significance of creatio ex nihilo that clearly defines what is meant (and what is not meant) by the concept. The doctrine...

The church fathers, as we have seen, despite their reliance on Greek philosophical thought for the enunciation of Christian doctrine, refused to compromise the Hebraic doctrine of creatio ex nihilo in deference to the Aristotelian doctrine of the eternity of matter. Because Aristotle had not merely asserted but argued for the eternity of the world, Christian theologians could not rest content with citing biblical proof texts for the Judaeo-Christian
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