ISSN:
2627-6062
Content:
The article examines the relationship between humans and their animal and non-animal environment in some Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern texts on creation (the priestly and the non-priestly Primeval History; Atrahasis; Enuma eliš; the debate between Sheep and Grain; the Sumerian flood story; and the creation of Enkidu in the epic of Gilgameš). The diverse texts explain the world order as the result of a development, in some cases involving several stages, from a counter-world, which is by no means a paradise, to the real world of their authors. The texts grant humans a special position in creation, which at the same time goes hand in hand with a responsibility towards the rest of creation. This responsibility, though, can also include the use of deadly power.
In:
Journal of ethics in Antiquity and Christianity, Mainz : Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 2019, 5(2023), Seite 7-35, 2627-6062
In:
volume:5
In:
year:2023
In:
pages:7-35
Language:
German
Keywords:
Urgeschichte
;
Atramḫasīs-Mythos
;
Gilgamesch-Epos
;
Schöpfung
;
Mensch
;
Herrschaft
;
Tiere
;
Umwelt
DOI:
10.25784/jeac.v5i1.1199
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