I Studied Inscriptions from Before the Flood: Ancient Near Eastern, Literary, and Linguistic Approaches to Genesis 1-11Richard S. Hess, David Toshio Tsumura |
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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A. R. Millard Adam Akkadian Amorite analysis ancestors Ancient Near East ancient Near Eastern animals antediluvian appears Assyrian Atrahasis Epic Babel Babylon Babylonian Bible biblical blessing Canaan Cassuto Commentary context created creation creatures cuneiform divine dynasty E. A. Speiser earth Eliš Enki Enlil Enuma elish Eridu Genesis flood story function garden genealogies genealogies of Genesis Gilgamesh Epic God's gods Harab myth heaven Hebrew human Ibid interpretation Israel Israelite Jacobsen literary literature Malamat man's mankind material meaning Mesopotamian Millard motif names narrative Nimrod Ninurta Noah Old Testament original parallel passage phrase Priestly primeval history reference relationship scene scholars Shem similar sources structure suggested Sumerian King List Table of Nations tablet term theme theological tion tōhû tradition translation Ugaritic verb verse W. G. Lambert wābōhû waters Westermann woman word writer Yahweh Ziusudra