Interpretations of the FloodFlorentino García Martínez, Gerardus Petrus Luttikhuizen This 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. |
Contents
Near Eastern and Native Traditions in Apollodorus | 39 |
Was it Known to the Greeks? | 56 |
Interpretations of the Flood in the Dead Sea Scrolls | 86 |
The Story | 109 |
מַבּוּל in Rabbinic Tradition | 124 |
Where will the Water Stick? Considerations of | 167 |
References to Ancient Texts | 195 |
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