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Author:   Richard S. Hess ,  David Toshio Tsumura
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Eisenbrauns
Edition:   Reprinted edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9781575062112

ISBN 10:   1575062119
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   30 June 1994
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Preface Editors’ Preface Abbreviations Introduction Richard S. Hess - One Hundred Fifty Years of Comparative Studies on Genesis 1-11: An Overview David Toshio Tsumura - Genesis and Ancient Near Eastern Stories of Creation and Flood: An Introduction Richard S. Hess - The Genealogies of Genesis 1-11 and Comparative Literature Part 1: Ancient Near Eastern and Comparative Approaches G. Castellino - The Origins of Civilization according to Biblical and Cuneiform Texts W. G. Lambert - A New Look at the Babylonian Background of Genesis A. R. Millard - A New Babylonian ‘Genesis’ Story Thorkild Jacobsen - The Eridu Genesis Patrick D. Miller Jr. - Eridu, Dunnu, and Babel: A Study in Comparative Mythology Isaac M. Kikawada - The Double Creation of Mankind in Enki and Ninmah, Atrahasis I 1-351, and Genesis 1-2 E. A. Speiser - The Rivers of Paradise Abraham Malamat - King Lists of the Old Babylonian Period and Biblical Genealogies Robert R. Wilson - The Old Testament Genealogies in Recent Research Rykle Borger - The Incantation Series Bit Meseri and Enoch’s Ascension to Heaven J. Simons - The ‘Table of Nations’ (Genesis 10): Its General Structure and Meaning D. J. Wiseman - Genesis 10: Some Archaeological Consideration I. J. Gelb - The Name of Babylon E. A. Spier - In Search of Nimrod Samuel Noah Kramer - The ‘Babel of Tongues’: A Sumerian Version Part 2: Literary and Linguistic Approaches D. J. A. Clines - Theme in Genesis 1-11 David Toshio Tsumura - The Earth in Genesis 1 Phyllis A. Bird - ‘Male and Female He Created Them’: Genesis 1:27b in the Context of the Priestly Account of Creation Jerome T. Walsh - Genesis 2:4b-3:24: A Synchronic Approach Alan Jon Hauser - Genesis 2-3: The Theme of Intimacy and Alienation Gordon J. Wenham - Sanctuary Symbolism in the Garden of Eden Story S. Gevirtz - Lamech’s Song to His Wives (Genesis 4:23-24) Bernhard W. Anderson - From Analysis to Synthesis: The Interpretation of Genesis 1-11 Gordon J. Wenham - The Coherence of the Flood Narrative J. M. Sasson - The ‘Tower of Babel’ as a Clue to the Redactional Structuring of the Primeval History (Genesis 1:1-11:9) Index of Authorities Index of Ancient Sources Index of Scripture

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