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Creation and chaos : a reconsideration of Hermann Gunkel's chaoskampf hypothesis /

Hermann Gunkel was a scholar in the generation of the origins of Assyriology, the spectacular discovery by George Smith of fragments of the "Chaldean Genesis," and the Babel-Bibel debate. Gunkel's thesis, inspired by materials supplied to him by the Assyriologist Heinrich Zimmern, was...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Scurlock, Jo Ann, 1953-, Beal, Richard Henry, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations
  • Part 1: Creation and Chaos
  • From Hesiod's Abyss to Ovid's rudis indigestaque moles: Chaos and Cosmos in the Babylonian "Epic of Creation" / Karen Sonik
  • On the Theogonies of Hesiod and the Hurrians: An Exploration of the Dual Natures of Tessub and Kumarbi / Dennis R.M. Campbell
  • Creation in the Bible and the Ancient Near East / W.G. Lambert
  • Searching for Meaning in Genesis1:2: Purposeful Creation out of Chaos without Kampf / JoAnn Scurlock
  • Part 2: Monster-Bashing Myths
  • The Fifth Day of Creation in Ancient Syrian and Neo-Hittite Art / Douglas Frayne
  • Once upon a Time in Kiskilusa: The Dragon-Slayer Myth in Central Anatolia / Amir Gilan
  • The Northwest Semitic Conflict Myth and Egyptian Sources from the Middle and New Kingdoms / Joanna Toyraanvuori
  • Yamm as the Personification of Chaos? A Linguistic and Literary Argument for a Case of Mistaken Identity / Brendon C. Benz
  • Part 3: Gunkel and His Times
  • Chaos and Creation: Hermann Gunkel between Establishing the "History of Religions School," Acknowledging Assyriology, and Defending the Faith / Steven Lundstrom
  • Where Is Eden? An Analysis of Some of the Mesopotamian Motifs in Primeval J / Peter Feinman
  • Babel-Bible-Baal / Aaron Tugendhaft
  • Part 4: Power and Politics
  • The Combat Myth as a Succession Story at Ugarit / Wayne T. Pitard
  • What Are the Nations Doing in the Chaoskampf? / Robert D. Miller II
  • Part 5: Kampf and Chaos
  • The Combat Myth in Israelite Tradition Revisited / Bernard F. Batto
  • The Three "Daughters" of Baal and Transformations of Chaoskampf in the Early Chapters of Genesis / Richard E. Averbeck
  • Part 6: Chaos and (Re)Creation
  • Chaoskampf Lost-Chaoskampf Regained: The Gunkel Hypothesis Revisited / JoAnn Scurlock
  • Making All Things New (Again): Zephaniah's Eschatological Vision of a Return to Primeval Time / David Melvin
  • [Part 7:] Indexes
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Scripture
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Ancient Texts and Objects
  • Index of Words.