| Description |
1 online resource (x, 157 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 413 |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 413.
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| Contents |
Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 IS THE DISPERSAL IN GENESIS 9.19 TO BE INTERPRETED POSITIVELY?; Chapter 2 ARE THE BABELITES REJECTING THE COMMAND TO FILL THE EARTH?; Chapter 3 DOES YHWH''s SCATTERING NOAH''S DESCENDANTS FULFIL THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING?; Chapter 4 IS THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING FULFILLED IN THE TABLE OF NATIONS?; Chapter 5 THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING AND THE SHEMITE GENEALOGY; Chapter 6 DOES THE PRIMAEVAL HISTORY END ON A NOTE OF JUDGMENT? |
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Chapter 7 DOES THE PROMISE OF INCREASE TO THE PATRIARCHS CONTRIBUTE TO THE REALIZATION OF THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING AFTER THE FLOOD?Chapter 8 REALIZATION OF THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING THROUGH ISRAEL; Chapter 9 FULFILMENT OF THE PRIMAEVAL BLESSING IN EGYPT (EXODUS 1.1-7); CONCLUSION; Bibliography and Further Reading; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W |
| Summary |
The primaeval blessing, ''Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, '' first announced to humankind in Genesis 1.28 is renewed to Noah and his sons after the flood in Genesis 9.1. There is widespread scholarly consensus that the ensuing dispersion in Genesis 10.1-32 and 11.1-9 is the means by which the creation blessing is fulfilled. Kaminski argues that the primeval blessing is not fulfilled in the Table of Nations and that Yahweh''s scattering Noah''s descendants in the Babel story does not contribute positively to the creation theme. Rather, the creation blessing is being taken up in the |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Genesis. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017837
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Bible. Genesis fast |
| Subject |
Creation -- Biblical teaching.
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Blessing and cursing in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
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Blessing and cursing in the Bible
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Creation -- Biblical teaching
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Genesis (bijbelboek)
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Verbond.
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Zondvloed.
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Genealogieën.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567539465 |
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0567539466 |
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1281802530 |
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9781281802538 |
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9786611802530 |
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6611802533 |
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