Interpretations of the FloodThis volume opens with an analysis of the biblical Flood story within its ancient Oriental context and with two essays devoted to the study of the Flood in Greek literature. Several essays are devoted to the interpretation of the biblical story in diverse ancient Jewish and Christian texts (Old Testament apocrypha, Gnostic mythology, patristic and rabbinic literature). The volume ends with a study about the interpretation of the Flood in the period of the Scientific Revolution and with an interpretation from the perspective of a twentieth-century psycho-analyst. |
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Contents
Notes on Gen 65917 | 1 |
Near Eastern and Native Traditions in Apollodorus | 39 |
Was it Known to the Greeks? | 56 |
The Interpretation of the Flood Story in | 66 |
Interpretations of the Flood in the Dead Sea Scrolls | 86 |
The Story | 109 |
in Rabbinic Tradition | 124 |
Noah the Ark and the Flood in Early Christian | 134 |
Where will the Water Stick? Considerations of | 167 |
References to Ancient Texts | 195 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Interpretations of the Flood Volume 1 of Themes in biblical narrative : Jewish and Christian traditions Volume 1 of Themes in biblical narrative, v. 1 |
| Editors | Florentino García Martínez, Gerardus Petrus Luttikhuizen |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | BRILL, 1998 |
| ISBN | 9004112537, 9789004112537 |
| Length | 202 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Interior Design / General Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics Religion / Biblical Studies / General Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament |
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