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Format: XIV, 162 S.

ISBN: 0-8018-1605-X

Series Statement: Johns Hopkins Near Eastern studies

Note: Zugl.: Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ., Diss., 1972

Language: English

Subjects: History , Theology

Keywords: Frau ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift ; Hochschulschrift

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Format: vi, 241 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 9781575062679

Series Statement: Siphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures 9

Additional Edition: Online-Ausg. In the beginning Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2013 ISBN 1575066971

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781575066974

Language: English

Subjects: Theology

Keywords: Bibel Altes Testament ; Schöpfungsglaube ; Alter Orient ; Alter Orient ; Literatur ; Schöpfung ; Schöpfungsbericht

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Klappentext

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Format: 1 online resource (249 p.)

ISBN: 1-57506-697-1

Series Statement: Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; v. 9

Uniform Title: Essays. Selections

Content: Bernard F. Batto spent the bulk of his career examining the ancient Near Eastern context of the Hebrew Bible, with particular interest in the influence of the surrounding cultures on the biblical creation stories. This collection gathers six of his most important previously published essays and adds two new contributions. Among the essays, Batto identifies various creation motifs prevalent in the ancient Near East and investigates the reflexes of these motifs in Genesis 1–11 and other biblical accounts of the primeval period. He demonstrates how the biblical writers adapted and responded to the creation ideas of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ugarit, and elsewhere.The articles in the volume were written as independent essays. Nevertheless, they are united by theme. Throughout, Batto makes clear his understanding of the Hebrew Bible as a patently unique text, yet one that cannot possibly be understood independent of greater cultural sphere in which it developed. In the Beginning will serve as an indispensable resource for those interested in both the biblical ideas of creation and the mythology of the ancient Near East that influenced them.

Note: ""Index of Scripture"" , Introduction; Chapter 1 The Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Hebrew Ideas of Creation; Chapter 2 Paradise Reexamined; Chapter 3 The Institution of Marriage in Genesis 2 and in Atrahasis; Chapter 4 The Divine Sovereign:The Image of God in the Priestly Creation Account; Chapter 5 The Sleeping God: An Ancient Near Eastern Motif of Divine Sovereignty; Chapter 6 The Reed Sea: Requiescat in Pace; Chapter 7 The Covenant of Peace:A Neglected Ancient Near Eastern Motif; Chapter 8 The Malevolent Deity in Mesopotamian Myth; Index of Authors; Index of Scripture. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-57506-267-4

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.1515/9781575066974

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Format: 1 online resource (472 p.)

ISBN: 9781575065519

Content: J. J. M. Roberts was graduated from Harvard University, taught at The Johns Hopkins University, and then spent the bulk of his teaching career at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he influenced and was well loved by several generations of students. Here, 21 colleagues and former students contribute essays that reflect Roberts’ core interests.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Abbreviations -- , Bibliography of the Writings of J. J. M. Roberts -- , Part 1 David and Zion -- , The “History of David’s Rise to Power” and the Neo-Babylonian Succession Apologies -- , R(az/ais)ing Zion in Lamentations 2 -- , Sinai and Zion in Psalm 93 -- , “Back to the Future”: Zion in the Book of Micah -- , “Who Knows? Yahweh May Be Gracious”: Why We Pray -- , “And Lot Went with Him”: Abraham’s Disobedience in Genesis 12:1–4a -- , David and Zion in the Theology of the Deuteronomistic History: Theological Ideas in 2 Samuel 5–7 -- , Part 2 The Divine King and the Human King -- , The Divine Sovereign: The Image of God in the Priestly Creation Account -- , The Ruler in Zion and the Hope of the Poor: Psalms 9–10 in the Context of the Psalter -- , Buber, Kingship, and the Book of Judges: A Study of Judges 6–9 and 17–21 -- , The Rule of God in the Book of Daniel -- , Theological Anthropology at a Fulcrum: Isaiah 55:1–5, Psalm 89, and Second Stage Traditio in the Royal Psalms -- , King Yahweh as the Good Shepherd: Taking Another Look at the Image of God in Psalm 23 -- , Part 3 Historical and Lexical Studies -- , The Crux of Psalm 22:17c: Solved at Long Last? -- , Doves in the Windows: Isaiah 60:8 in Light of Ancient Mesopotamian Lament Traditions -- , The Pride of Jacob -- , Bashan, Symbology, Haplography, and Theology in Psalm 68 -- , The “Dying and Rising God”: A Survey of Research from Frazer to the Present Day -- , Isaiah at Princeton One Hundred Fifty Years Ago and Now: Joseph Addison Alexander (1809–1860) and J. J. M. Roberts (1939–) -- , Why Perez? Reflections on David’s Genealogy in Biblical Tradition -- , Indexes , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781575065519

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065519

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781575065519

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Format: 1 online resource (352 p.)

ISBN: 9781575068657

Content: Hermann Gunkel was a scholar in the generation of the origins of Assyriology, the spectacular discovery by George Smith of fragments of the “Chaldean Genesis,” and the Babel-Bibel debate. Gunkel’s thesis, inspired by materials supplied to him by the Assyriologist Heinrich Zimmern, was to take the Chaoskampf motif of Revelation as an event that would not only occur at the end of the world but had already happened at the beginning, before Creation. In other words, in this theory, one imagines God in Genesis 1 as first having battled Rahab, Leviathan, and Yam (the forces of Chaos) in a grand battle, and only then beginning to create.The problem with Gunkel’s theory is that it did not simply identify common elements in the mythologies of the ancient Near East but imposed upon them a structure dictating the relationships between the elements, a structure that was based on inadequate knowledge and a forced interpretation of his sources. On the other hand, one is not entitled to insist that there was no cultural conversation among peoples who spent the better part of several millennia trading with, fighting, and conquering one another.Creation and Chaos attempts to address some of these issues. The contributions are organized into five sections that address various aspects of the issues raised by Gunekl’s theories.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Introduction -- , Abbreviations -- , Part 1. Creation and Chaos -- , From Hesiod’s Abyss to Ovid’s rudis indigestaque moles Chaos and Cosmos in the Babylonian “Epic of Creation” -- , On the Theogonies of Hesiod and the Hurrians An Exploration of the Dual Natures of Teššub and Kumarbi -- , Creation in the Bible and the Ancient Near East -- , Searching for Meaning in Genesis 1:2 Purposeful Creation out of Chaos without Kampf -- , Part 2. Monster-Bas hing Myths -- , The Fifth Day of Creation in Ancient Syrian and Neo-Hittite Art -- , Once upon a Time in Kiškiluša The Dragon-Slayer Myth in Central Anatolia -- , The Northwest Semitic Conflict Myth and Egyptian Sources from the Middle and New Kingdoms -- , Yamm as the Personification of Chaos? A Linguistic and Literary Argument for a Case of Mistaken Identity -- , Part 3. Gunkel and His Times -- , Chaos and Creation Hermann Gunkel between Establishing the “History of Religions School,” Acknowledging Assyriology, and Defending the Faith -- , Where Is Eden? An Analysis of Some of the Mesopotamian Motifs in Primeval J -- , Babel-Bible-Baal -- , Part 4. Power and Politics -- , The Combat Myth as a Succession Story at Ugarit -- , What Are the Nations Doing in the Chaoskampf? -- , Part 5. Kampf and Chao -- , The Combat Myth in Israelite Tradition Revisited -- , The Three “Daughters” of Baʿal and Transformations of Chaoskampf in the Early Chapters of Genesis -- , Part 6. Chaos and (Re)Creation -- , Chaoskampf Lost—Chaoskampf Regained The Gunkel Hypothesis Revisited -- , Making All Things New (Again) Zephaniah’s Eschatological Vision of a Return to Primeval Time -- , Index of Authors -- , Index of Scripture -- , Index of Subjects -- , Index of Ancient Texts and Objects -- , Index of Words , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781575068657

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781575068657

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Format: 1 online resource (248 p.)

ISBN: 9781575066974

Series Statement: Siphrut: Literature and Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; 9

Content: Bernard F. Batto spent the bulk of his career examining the ancient Near Eastern context of the Hebrew Bible, with particular interest in the influence of the surrounding cultures on the biblical creation stories. This collection gathers six of his most important previously published essays and adds two new contributions. Among the essays, Batto identifies various creation motifs prevalent in the ancient Near East and investigates the reflexes of these motifs in Genesis 1–11 and other biblical accounts of the primeval period. He demonstrates how the biblical writers adapted and responded to the creation ideas of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Ugarit, and elsewhere.The articles in the volume were written as independent essays. Nevertheless, they are united by theme. Throughout, Batto makes clear his understanding of the Hebrew Bible as a patently unique text, yet one that cannot possibly be understood independent of greater cultural sphere in which it developed. In the Beginning will serve as an indispensable resource for those interested in both the biblical ideas of creation and the mythology of the ancient Near East that influenced them.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Introduction -- , 1. The Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Hebrew Ideas of Creation -- , 2. Paradise Reexamined -- , 3. The Institution of Marriage in Genesis 2 and in Atrahasis -- , 4. The Divine Sovereign: The Image of God in the Priestly Creation Account -- , 5. The Sleeping God: An Ancient Near Eastern Motif of Divine Sovereignty -- , 6. The Reed Sea: Requiescat in Pace -- , 7. The Covenant of Peace: A Neglected Ancient Near Eastern Motif -- , 8. The Malevolent Deity in Mesopotamian Myth -- , Indexes , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781575066974

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781575066974