In the Beginning
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In the Beginning

Essays on Creation Motifs in the Ancient Near East and the Bible

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In the Beginning

Essays on Creation Motifs in the Ancient Near East and the Bible

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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.

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Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
2013
ISBN
9781575066974
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER Front
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: The Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Hebrew Ideas of Creation
  5. Chapter 2: Paradise Reexamined
  6. Chapter 3: The Institution of Marriage in Genesis 2 and in Atrahasis
  7. Chapter 4: The Divine Sovereign: The Image of God in the Priestly Creation Account
  8. Chapter 5: The Sleeping God: An Ancient Near Eastern Motif of Divine Sovereignty
  9. Chapter 6: The Reed Sea: Requiescat in Pace
  10. Chapter 7: The Covenant of Peace: A Neglected Ancient Near Eastern Motif The
  11. Chapter 8: The Malevolent Deity in Mesopotamian Myth
  12. Index