Primeval history : Babylonian, biblical, and Enochic : an intertextual reading / by Helge S. Kvanvig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kvanvig, Helge S., 1948-

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 149.

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; v. 149

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atrahasis (Old Babylonian epic).

Bible. Genesis--History of Biblical events.

Bible.

Ethiopic book of Enoch VI-XXXVI--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Ethiopic book of Enoch VI-XXXVI.

Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.

Creation--Comparative studies.

Creation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (626 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most cultures have myths of origin. The Babylonians were the first to combine blocks of traditions about primeval time into primeval histories where humans had a central role. In the first millennium there were different versions that influenced the concepts of primeval history within Jewish religion, both in the Bible and in the parallel Enochic tradition. Atrahasis and the traditions of primeval dynasties had crucial impact on Genesis; the traditions of the primeval apkallus as cosmic guardians were lying behind the Enochic Watcher Story. The book offers a comprehensive analytic comparison between the images of primeval time in these three traditions. It presents new interpretations of each of these traditions and how they relate to each other.

Contents:

pt. 1. Mesopotamian primeval traditions

pt. 2. Pimeval history in Genesis

pt. 3. The primeval history in the Book of Watchers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-11931-5

9786613119315

90-04-19612-9

OCLC:

727944800

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004163805.i-610 DOI