I studied inscriptions from before the flood : ancient Near Eastern, literary, and linguistic approaches to Genesis 1-11 /
I studied inscriptions from before the flood : ancient Near Eastern, literary, and linguistic approaches to Genesis 1-11 /
edited by Richard S. Hess and David Toshio Tsumura.
- Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)1994.
- xvi, 480 pages ; 24 cm.
- Sources for biblical and theological study ; 4 .
One hundred fifty years of comparative studies on Genesis 1-11: an overview / Genesis and ancient Near Eastern stories of creation and flood: an introduction / The genealogies of Genesis 1-11 and comparative literature / The origins of civilization according to biblical and cuneiform texts / A new look at the Babylonian background of Genesis / A new Babylonian "Genesis" story / The Eridu Genesis / Eridu, Dunnu, and Babel: a study in comparative mythology / The double creation of mankind in Enki and Ninmah, Atrahasis I 1-351, and Genesis 1-2 / The rivers of paradise / King lists of the old Babylonian period and biblical genealogies / The Old Testament genealogies in recent research / The incantation series Bit Meseri and Enoch's ascension to heaven / The "table of nations" (Genesis 10): its general structure and meaning / Genesis 10: some archaeological considerations / The name of Babylon / In search of Nimrod / The "Babel of tongues" : a Sumerian version / Theme in Genesis 1-11 / The earth in Genesis 1 / "Male and female he created them": Genesis 1:27b in the context of the priestly account of creation / Genesis 2:4b-3:24 : a synchronic approach / Genesis 2-3: the theme of intimacy and alienation / Sanctuary symbolism in the garden of Eden story / Lamech's song to his wives (Genesis 4:23-24) / From analysis to synthesis: the interpretation of Genesis 1-11 / The coherence of the flood narrative / The "tower of Babel" as a clue to the redactional structuring of the primeval history (Genesis 1:1-11:9) / Richard S. Hess -- David Toshio Tsumura -- Richard S. Hess -- G. Castellino -- W.G. Lambert -- A.R. Millard -- Thorkild Jacobsen -- Patrik D. Miller Jr. -- Isaac M. Kikawada -- E.A. Speiser -- Abraham Malamat -- Robert R. Wilson -- Rykle Borger -- J. Simons -- D.J. Wiseman -- I.J. Gelb -- E.A. Speiser -- Samuel Noah Kramer -- D.J.A. Clines -- David Toshio Tsumura -- Phyllis A. Bird -- Jerome T. Walsh -- Alan Jon Hauser -- Gordon J. Wenham -- S. Gevirtz -- Bernhard W. Anderson -- Gordon J. Wenham -- J.M. Sasson.
9780931464881
94037707
Bible.--Genesis, I-XI--Comparative studies.
Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Myth in the Old Testament--Comparative studies.
Mythology, Middle Eastern--Comparative studies.
Aufsatzsammlung.
BS1235 / .I888 1994 BS1235
One hundred fifty years of comparative studies on Genesis 1-11: an overview / Genesis and ancient Near Eastern stories of creation and flood: an introduction / The genealogies of Genesis 1-11 and comparative literature / The origins of civilization according to biblical and cuneiform texts / A new look at the Babylonian background of Genesis / A new Babylonian "Genesis" story / The Eridu Genesis / Eridu, Dunnu, and Babel: a study in comparative mythology / The double creation of mankind in Enki and Ninmah, Atrahasis I 1-351, and Genesis 1-2 / The rivers of paradise / King lists of the old Babylonian period and biblical genealogies / The Old Testament genealogies in recent research / The incantation series Bit Meseri and Enoch's ascension to heaven / The "table of nations" (Genesis 10): its general structure and meaning / Genesis 10: some archaeological considerations / The name of Babylon / In search of Nimrod / The "Babel of tongues" : a Sumerian version / Theme in Genesis 1-11 / The earth in Genesis 1 / "Male and female he created them": Genesis 1:27b in the context of the priestly account of creation / Genesis 2:4b-3:24 : a synchronic approach / Genesis 2-3: the theme of intimacy and alienation / Sanctuary symbolism in the garden of Eden story / Lamech's song to his wives (Genesis 4:23-24) / From analysis to synthesis: the interpretation of Genesis 1-11 / The coherence of the flood narrative / The "tower of Babel" as a clue to the redactional structuring of the primeval history (Genesis 1:1-11:9) / Richard S. Hess -- David Toshio Tsumura -- Richard S. Hess -- G. Castellino -- W.G. Lambert -- A.R. Millard -- Thorkild Jacobsen -- Patrik D. Miller Jr. -- Isaac M. Kikawada -- E.A. Speiser -- Abraham Malamat -- Robert R. Wilson -- Rykle Borger -- J. Simons -- D.J. Wiseman -- I.J. Gelb -- E.A. Speiser -- Samuel Noah Kramer -- D.J.A. Clines -- David Toshio Tsumura -- Phyllis A. Bird -- Jerome T. Walsh -- Alan Jon Hauser -- Gordon J. Wenham -- S. Gevirtz -- Bernhard W. Anderson -- Gordon J. Wenham -- J.M. Sasson.
9780931464881
94037707
Bible.--Genesis, I-XI--Comparative studies.
Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Myth in the Old Testament--Comparative studies.
Mythology, Middle Eastern--Comparative studies.
Aufsatzsammlung.
BS1235 / .I888 1994 BS1235