Intercourses in the Book of Genesis; Mythic Motifs in Creator-Created Relationships
Subtitle: Mythic Motifs in Creator-Created Relationships
Publisher: The Book Guild
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Sussex, England
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 306
Table of contents: title: Part 1 – Forewords; title: Part 2 – main text; title: Chapter I.     Introduction; title: A. Presentation of the topic.; title: B. The Mythic Motif.; title: C. Notes on Previous Research on Genesis.; title: D. The Book and Its Author .; title: E. Aspects of Methodology.; title: F. The methodological approach.; title: Chapter II.    Creation Of A World; title: A. Introduction .; title: B. The Narrative.; title: C. Word Analysis.; title: D. The Omnipotent Creator                                -; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The acts of creativity.; title: 3. The acts of the periods.; title: 4. Conclusion: God's acts of creativity.; title: E.  The Meanings of the Story; title: 1. The explicit meaning;; title: 2. The implicit meaning - The Mythic Motif.; title: Chapter III.   Creation of Humans; title: A. Introduction .; title: B. The Narratives; title: C. Word Analysis; title: D. Creator and Created; title: 1. Introduction .; title: 2. The creator - acts of creation:; title: a) The first account (1:26-7);; title: b) The second account (2:7, 21-22);; title: 3. The created - entity's development:; title: a) Introduction (2:15-17);; title: b) Adam alone (2:18-20);; title: c) Adam and Eve; title: 1) Introduction;; title: 2) Acknowledgement of togetherness (2:23);; title: 3) Togetherness in tranquility (2:24-3:7);; title: 4) Togetherness in excitement (3:7-19):; title: a) First stage: Gaining of consciousness;; title: b) Second stage: The confrontation with God .; title: 5) Togetherness in the aftermath (3:20-4:3).; title: 4. Conclusion - Creator-Created Relationship; title: E. The Meanings of the Stories -; title: 1. Introduction;; title: a) The narrative;; title: b) Literary analysis; title: c) Theme.; title: 2.  The explicit meanings;; title: 3.  The implicit meanings - the Mythic Motif.; title: Chapter IV. Creation of a Nation.; title: A. Introduction.; title: B. The narrative-body    .; title: C. Word Analysis:; title: 1. Introduction;; title: 2.  Elohim/Yahweh/angel/El; title: 3. Nation/a people.     .; title: 4. The promissed land; title: D. Creator and Created:; title: 1.  Introduction.; title: 2.  God and Abraham:; title: a) The encounters;; title: b) The last unit; title: c)  Relationship with God; title: 3.   God and Isaac;; title: 4.  God and Jacob;; title: 5.  Conclusion: Creator-Created Relationships.; title: E. Meanings in the narrative -; title: 1. Introduction: Relationship with the forefathers; title: 2. The explicit meaning;; title: 3. The implicit meaning - The Mythic Motif.; title: Chapter V. Conclusions.; title: A. Introduction;; title: B. Concepts  -; title: 1. God;; title: 2. Blessings   .; title: C. The Explicit Meanings.; title: D. The Implicit Meanings - The Mythic Motifs  . . . .; title: Chapter VI. Reading Aids – notes, appendixes, bibigraphy.