01496nam a2200181Ia 4500 231021s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97805672150930567215091 eng BS1235.52 .D39 2013 Day, John From creation to Babel : studies in Genesis 1-11 / John Day New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 xiv, 230 p. ; 24 cm. Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 592 The meaning and background of the Priestly creation story (Genesis 1.1-2.4A) -- Problems in the interpretation of the story of the Garden of Eden -- Cain and the Kenites -- The flood and the ten antediluvian figures in Berossus and in the Priestly source in Genesis -- The sons of God and daughters of men and the giants: disputed points in the interpretation of Genesis 6.1-4 -- The Genesis flood narrative in relation to ancient Near Eastern flood accounts -- Rooms or reeds in Noah's Ark (Genesis 6.14)? -- Why does God 'establish' rather than 'cut' a covenant with Noah (and Abraham) in the Priestly source? -- Noah's drunkenness, the curse of Canaan, Ham's crime, and the blessing of Shem and Japheth (Genesis 9.18-27) -- Where was Tarshish (Genesis 10.4)? -- The tower and city of Babel story (Genesis 11.1-9): problems of interpretation and background. Bible. Genesis, I-XI Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible. Genesis, I-XI.Criticism, interpretation, etc. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2023-11-16 24.50 0 BS1235.52 .D39 2013 00027517 2023-11-16 11:27:13 2023-11-16 BK 50460 50460