Babel and Bible : The Impact of Mesopotamia on Biblical Studies 1872-1924.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thelle, Rannfrid I.

Series:

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assyriology.

Deuteronomistic history (Biblical criticism).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2026.

Summary:

An exploration of the impact of Mesopotamia and the discovery of ancient Assyrian and Babylonian manuscripts and artefacts on the biblical studies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Figures

Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Part I: Introductory Forays

Chapter 1 Approaching the Subject

Chapter 2 "First Contact": The Chaldean Account of Genesis

George Smith

The Fate of the En ū ma Eli š in Early Biblical Scholarship

From Chaldean Account of Genesis to En ū ma Eli š

The Translation History of En ū ma Eli š

The En ū ma Eli š in Biblical Studies

Waves of Public Sensationalism and the Slow Tide of Change

Part II : Assyria, Assyriology, and the History of Ancient Israel

Chapter 3 Assyriology in the 1870s and 1880s and Early Responses in Biblical Studies

Assyriology at German Universities: Eberhard Schrader and Friedrich Delitzsch

The Institutional Context of Akkadian Language Study

Publications and Accessibility of Akkadian Texts

The State of Assyriology in the United States 1870s-1880s

The History of Ancient Israel in the Context of Modern Historiography

Assyrian Discoveries and Biblical History

Francis Brown's Assessment of the Impact of Assyriology

Responses to Assyriology in European Biblical Studies

Chapter 4 Julius Wellhausen and the History of Ancient Israel: On Its Own Terms or in Context?

Wellhausen's Approach to Assyriology in Old Testament Research

Source Criticism and the Focus on Religious Institutions

The Limited Role of Assyria and Babylonia in Wellhausen's Historiography

Assyria and the Israelite Prophets in Berhard Duhm's Conception of World History

Other Stances Toward Assyriology

The History of Ancient Israel: On Its Own Terms or in Context? Wellhausen and Meyer

Part III: Cosmology and Myth in Babylonia and Israel

Chapter 5 The Quest for Origins: Assyriology and Biblical Studies in the 1890s.

Disciplinary Developments in Biblical Studies and Assyriology: Expansion and Specialization

The 1890s: The "Furious Orientalists" and a New Age?

Comparative Mythology and "the East"

Assyriology in the 1890s: Peter Jensen and Heinrich Zimmern

The Mesopotamian Context of Israelite Cosmology

Chapter 6 Hermann Gunkel: The Transformation of Babylonian Myth in Biblical Traditions

Gunkel: Formative Education and Encounter with Assyriology

Sch ö pfung und Chaos : A Description and Analysis

The Origins of Genesis 1

Mythological Traits in Genesis 1

The Babylonian Myth

The Myth in the Old Testament

Comparative Discussion

Back to Genesis 1

Dating the Reception of the Tradition into Israel

The Syncretistic Nature of Israelite Religion

Israelite Religion: Composite Yet Unique

Chapter 7 The Primacy of Babylonia: Trends in Assyriology in the 1890s to 1910s

"The Old Testament and the Excavations"

Assyriology in Berlin in the 1890s and 1900s

The Astral Myth Approach to the Study of Assyriology

Eduard Stucken and the Beginnings of the Astral Myth Theory

Hugo Winckler's Formulation of Astral Mythology

Panbabylonist Publications

Heinrich Zimmern's Panbabylonism

Peter Jensen: Diffusionist Babylon-Enthusiast

Alfred Jeremias: Panbabylonist Evangelist

Critique and Demise

Responses to Panbabylonism

Babel and Bible Beyond Panbabylonism

Chapter 8 Babel and Bible in the German Public Square: Friedrich Delitzsch's Lectures

Ex oriente lux! The Impact of the "East" on the "West"

Delitzsch's Babel-Bible-Lectures

The First Lecture

Discussion of the First Lecture

The Second Lecture

Aftermath of the Second Lecture

Delitzsch's Anti-Jewish Trajectory

The Babel-Bible-Lectures and Biblical Studies.

Chapter 9 Israel and Babylonia: The Place of Revelation in Assyriology and Theology

Gunkel's Israel und Babylonien

Biblical Studies in the Wake of the Babel-Bible-Controversy

Part IV Part: Assyriological Impacts on Specific Old Testament Fields

Chapter 10 Creation and Flood in Commentaries on Genesis

First Encounters

Classic Commentaries on Genesis

The Primeval History in Gunkel's Genesis

Gunkel's Conception of Myth and the Patriarchal Narratives

Driver's Commentary on Genesis

Skinner's Commentary on Genesis

Points of Comparison Between Biblical and Babylonian Creation Accounts

Rebellion as the Occasion for the Creation of Light

Correspondence Between Tiamat and t ĕ h ô m

Correspondences in the Acts of Creation in Genesis 1

Tiamat's Body and the Creation of Heaven and Earth

Developments Post-1920s

Outcomes for Comparative Study

Chapter 11 Mesopotamian Ritual and Ancient Israelite Ritual Practice: Mowinckel's Psalmenstudien

Mowinckel's Norwegian Academic Context and Background

Mowinckel in Marburg: Akkadian Studies Under the Shadow of Panbabylonism

Psalmenstudien

The Babylonian Akitu Festival and the Biblical " Yahweh malak "-Psalms

Reception of Mowinckel's Understanding of the Psalms and Cult

Chapter 12 The Prophets of Duhm, Assyria, and Comparative Studies

Part V : Concluding Ruminations

Index.

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ISBN:

0-567-67383-9

OCLC:

1592688355