Language:
English
Year of publication:
2010
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Angaben zur Quelle:
10 (2010) 15 pp.
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Middle Eastern literature, Ancient History and criticism
;
Assyro-Babylonian literature Relation to the Bible
Abstract:
An analysis of the portrayal of the origins of human civilization in Mesopotamian literature, in comparison with that of Genesis 1–11, reveals discontinuity with regard to the divine mediation of civilization. In Mesopotamian texts, civilization is of divine origin and is mediated to humans from the divine sphere, whereas in Genesis 1–11 civilization is of human origin and is associated with the downward spiral of humanity, resulting from the human acquisition of illicit divine “knowledge” in Genesis 3.
Note:
Appeared also in the journal's print version "Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures" 7 (2011) 471-485.
DOI:
10.5508/jhs.2010.v10.a17
URL:
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