James Hamilton-Paterson Quote

To name something is to take control of it. It could be argued that the Old Testament story of Genesis was less a matter of creation than of naming, of God taking control of chaos.


Seven-Tenths: The Sea and its Thresholds (1992)


To name something is to take control of it. It could be argued that the Old Testament story of Genesis was less a matter of creation than of naming,...

To name something is to take control of it. It could be argued that the Old Testament story of Genesis was less a matter of creation than of naming,...

To name something is to take control of it. It could be argued that the Old Testament story of Genesis was less a matter of creation than of naming,...

To name something is to take control of it. It could be argued that the Old Testament story of Genesis was less a matter of creation than of naming,...