| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Siphrut: literature and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; 9 |
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Siphrut ; 9.
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| Contents |
Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Hebrew Ideas of Creation -- Chapter 2 Paradise Reexamined -- Chapter 3 The Institution of Marriage in Genesis 2 and in Atrahasis -- Chapter 4 The Divine Sovereign:The Image of God in the Priestly Creation Account -- Chapter 5 The Sleeping God: An Ancient Near Eastern Motif of Divine Sovereignty -- Chapter 6 The Reed Sea: Requiescat in Pace -- Chapter 7 The Covenant of Peace:A Neglected Ancient Near Eastern Motif -- Chapter 8 The Malevolent Deity in Mesopotamian Myth -- Index of Authors |
| Summary |
Bernard F. Batto spent the bulk of his career examining the ancient Near Eastern context of the Hebrew Bible, with particular interest in the influence of the surrounding cultures on the biblical creation stories. This collection gathers six of his most important previously published essays and adds two new contributions. Among the essays, Batto identifies various creation motifs prevalent in the ancient Near East and investigates the reflexes of these motifs in Genesis 1-11 and other biblical accounts of the primeval period. He demonstrates how the biblical writers adapted and responded to the creation ideas of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ugarit, and elsewhere.The articles in the volume were written as independent essays. Nevertheless, they are united by theme. Throughout, Batto makes clear his understanding of the Hebrew Bible as a patently unique text, yet one that cannot possibly be understood independent of greater cultural sphere in which it developed. In the Beginning will serve as an indispensable resource for those interested in both the biblical ideas of creation and the mythology of the ancient Near East that influenced them |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Genesis, I-XI -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Genesis, I-XI fast |
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Bibel Altes Testament gnd |
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Creation -- Biblical teaching.
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Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism
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11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
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Creation -- Biblical teaching
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Middle Eastern literature
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Religion
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Schöpfung
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Schöpfungsmythos
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Creation.
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Literary themes.
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Bible.
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Middle East -- Religion
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Middle East
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Alter Orient
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Middle East.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013009703 |
| ISBN |
1575066971 |
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9781575066974 |
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