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Time and Mortality: Creation Narratives in Ancient Israel and in Mesopotamia
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Time and Mortality: Creation Narratives in Ancient Israel and in Mesopotamia
| Title: | Time and Mortality: Creation Narratives in Ancient Israel and in Mesopotamia |
| Author: | Sasson, Jack M. |
| Abstract: | "In Hellenistic Palestine, in an environment that gave birth to rabbinic Judaism and to Christianity, speculations endlessly rehearsed the time, place, opportunity, and conditions that would allow mortals to grasp what was achieved momentarily by Adam and Eve. Two millennia later, we remain beguiled by the same sources that intrigued them." |
| Description: | Professor Sasson draws from Mesopotamian documents in this discussion on creation narratives in the Bible and the importance of the medium used in shaping the resulting narrative. Professor Sasson discusses the variety of materials used in writing in the ancient Near East including clay tablets, papyrus, leather, wood, stone, and others, then examines the effect of the materials used in the resulting work. |
| LCSH Subject: |
Creation -- Biblical teaching
Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 Bible -- O.T. -- Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Immortality -- Judaism |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/3899 |
| Date: | 2008 |
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