studies in Genesis 1-11 Day, John creator text xx New York, NY Bloomsbury Academic 2013 9999 monographic und eng

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xiv, 230 p. ; 24 cm. 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. John Day Bible. Genesis, I-XI Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible. Genesis, I-XI.Criticism, interpretation, etc BS1235.52 .D39 2013 97805672150930567215091 231021