ISBN:
9789004157651 (hardback : alk. paper)
Language:
English
Pages:
xxii, 424 p. :
,
ill. ;
,
24 cm.
Year of publication:
2008
Series Statement:
IJS studies in judaica, v. 5
DDC:
202/.4
Keywords:
etorient
Description / Table of Contents:
Mesopotamian creation stories / W.G. Lambert -- Creation stories in ancient Egypt / Stephen Quirke -- You can't get here from there : the logical paradox of ancient Indian creation myths / Wendy Doniger -- Stories of the beginning : origin myths in Africa south of the Sahara / Mineke Schipper -- Modern Jewish attitudes to the concept of myth / Wout Jac. van Bekkum -- Extract from Genesis 1-2 translation and commentary, Norton, NY 1996 / Robert Alter -- The Bible in the making : Slavonic creation stories / Florentina Badalanova -- Arab creation stories beyond the pale / Abdullah al-Udhari -- Lurianic creation myths / Daphne Freedman.
Note:
The present volume is based upon an unusal conference, London, University College, 2003.
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