In the beginning
Subtitle: essays on creation motifs in the ancient Near East and the Bible
By: Bernard F. Batto
Series: Siphrut: literature and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures -- 9; Siphrut -- 9.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Winona Lake, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781575062679
Subjects: Schöpfungsmythos; Creation; Bibel; Religion; Middle Eastern literature; Criticism, interpretation; History and criticism; Literary themes; Bible; 11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament; Biblical teaching; Schöpfung
Work titles: Essays
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ancient Near Eastern context of the Hebrew ideas of creation; title: Paradise reexamined; title: The institution of marriage in Genesis 2 and in Atrahasis; title: The divine sovereign: the image of God in the priestly creation account; title: The sleeping God: an ancient Near Eastern motif of divine sovereignty; title: The Reed Sea: requiescat in pace; title: The covenant of peace: a neglected ancient Near Eastern motif; title: The malevolent deity in Mesopotamian myth.