Title In the beginning : essays on creation motifs in the ancient Near East and the Bible / Bernard F. Batto.

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Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (vi, 241 pages) : illustrations.
Series	Siphrut: literature and theology of the Hebrew Scriptures ; 9
	Siphrut ; 9.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Ancient Near Eastern Context of the Hebrew Ideas of Creation""; ""Chapter 2 Paradise Reexamined""; ""Chapter 3 The Institution of Marriage in Genesis 2 and in Atrahasis""; ""Chapter 4 The Divine Sovereign:The Image of God in the Priestly Creation Account""; ""Chapter 5 The Sleeping God: An Ancient Near Eastern Motif of Divine Sovereignty""; ""Chapter 6 The Reed Sea: Requiescat in Pace""; ""Chapter 7 The Covenant of Peace:A Neglected Ancient Near Eastern Motif""; ""Chapter 8 The Malevolent Deity in Mesopotamian Myth""; ""Index of Authors""
Subject	Bible. Genesis, I-XI -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	Bible. Genesis, I-XI. (OCoLC)fst01911929
	Creation -- Biblical teaching.
	Middle East -- Religion.
	Middle Eastern literature -- History and criticism.
	RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
	Creation -- Biblical teaching. (OCoLC)fst00882383
	Middle Eastern literature. (OCoLC)fst01020340
	Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
	Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Added Title	Essays. Selections
Other Form:	Print version: 9781575062679 1575062674 (DLC) 2013009703
ISBN	1575066971 (electronic bk.)
	9781575066974 (electronic bk.)

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