I Studied Inscriptions from Before the Flood: Ancient Near Eastern, Literary, and Linguistic Approaches to Genesis 1-11 |
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Contents
An Overview | 3 |
An Introduction | 27 |
The Genealogies of Genesis 111 and Comparative Literature | 58 |
Ancient Near Eastern and Comparative Approaches | 73 |
The Origins of Civilization according to Biblical and Cuneiform Texts | 75 |
A New Look at the Babylonian Background of Genesis | 96 |
A New Babylonian Genesis Story | 114 |
The Eridu Genesis | 129 |
In Search of Nimrod | 270 |
A Sumerian Version | 278 |
Literary and Linguistic Approaches | 283 |
Theme in Genesis 111 | 285 |
The Earth in Genesis 1 | 310 |
Genesis 127b in the Context of the Priestly Account of Creation | 329 |
4b324 A Synchronic Approach | 362 |
The Theme of Intimacy and Alienation | 383 |
A Study in Comparative Mythology | 143 |
The Double Creation of Mankind in Enki and Ninmah Atrahasis I 1351 and Genesis 12 | 169 |
The Rivers of Paradise | 175 |
King Lists of the Old Babylonian Period and Biblical Genealogies | 183 |
The Old Testament Genealogies in Recent Research | 200 |
The Incantation Series Bīt Mēseri and Enochs Ascension to Heaven | 224 |
Its General Structure and Meaning | 234 |
Some Archaeological Considerations | 254 |
The Name of Babylon | 266 |
Sanctuary Symbolism in the Garden of Eden Story | 399 |
2324 | 405 |
The Interpretation of Genesis 111 | 416 |
The Coherence of the Flood Narrative | 436 |
1119 | 448 |
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| Title | I Studied Inscriptions from Before the Flood: Ancient Near Eastern, Literary, and Linguistic Approaches to Genesis 1-11 Volume 4 of Sources for biblical and theological study, ISSN 1931-0943 |
| Editors | Richard S. Hess, David Toshio Tsumura |
| Publisher | Eisenbrauns, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0931464889, 9780931464881 |
| Length | 480 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / General |
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