Creation and chaos : a reconsideration of Hermann Gunkel's chaoskampf hypothesis /
edited by JoAnn Scurlock and Richard H. Beal.
- Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, (c)2013.
- xx, 332 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Part 1: Creation and Chaos -- From Hesiod's Abyss to Ovid's rudis indigestaque moles: Chaos and Cosmos in the Babylonian "Epic of Creation" / Karen Sonik -- On the Theogonies of Hesiod and the Hurrians: An Exploration of the Dual Natures of Tessub and Kumarbi Creation in the Bible and the Ancient Near East Searching for Meaning in Genesis1:2: Purposeful Creation out of Chaos without Kampf Part 2: Monster-Bashing Myths -- The Fifth Day of Creation in Ancient Syrian and Neo-Hittite Art Once upon a Time in Kiskilusa: The Dragon-Slayer Myth in Central Anatolia The Northwest Semitic Conflict Myth and Egyptian Sources from the Middle and New Kingdoms Yamm as the Personification of Chaos? A Linguistic and Literary Argument for a Case of Mistaken Identity Part 3: Gunkel and His Times -- Chaos and Creation: Hermann Gunkel between Establishing the "History of Religions School," Acknowledging Assyriology, and Defending the Faith Where Is Eden? An Analysis of Some of the Mesopotamian Motifs in Primeval J Babel-Bible-Baal Part 4: Power and Politics -- The Combat Myth as a Succession Story at Ugarit What Are the Nations Doing in the Chaoskampf? / Robert D. Miller II -- Part 5: Kampf and Chaos -- The Combat Myth in Israelite Tradition Revisited The Three "Daughters" of Baal and Transformations of Chaoskampf in the Early Chapters of Genesis Part 6: Chaos and (Re)Creation -- Chaoskampf Lost-Chaoskampf Regained: The Gunkel Hypothesis Revisited Making All Things New (Again): Zephaniah's Eschatological Vision of a Return to Primeval Time / David Melvin -- [Part 7:] Indexes -- Index of Authors -- Index of Scripture -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Ancient Texts and Objects -- Index of Words. Dennis R. M. Campbell -- W. G. Lambert -- JoAnn Scurlock -- Douglas Frayne -- Amir Gilan -- Joanna Toyraanvuori -- Brendon C. Benz -- Steven Lundstrom -- Peter Feinman -- Aaron Tugendhaft -- Wayne T. Pitard -- Bernard F. Batto -- Richard E. Averbeck -- JoAnn Scurlock --