From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1-11
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From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1-11: (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)

From Creation to Babel: Studies in Genesis 1-11: (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)


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The stories of Genesis 1-11 constitute one of the better known parts of the Old Testament, but their precise meaning and background still provide many debated questions for the modern interpreter. In this stimulating, learned and readable collection of essays, which paves the way for his forthcoming ICC commentary on these chapters, John Day attempts to provide definitive solutions to some ofthese questions. Amongst the topics included are the background and interpretation of the seven-day Priestly Creation narrative, problems in the interpretation of the Garden of Eden story, the relation of Cain and the Kenites, the strange stories of the sons of God and daughters of men and of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Canaan, the precise ancient Near Eastern background of the Flood story and the preceding genealogies, and the meaning and background of the story of the tower and city of Babel. Throughout this volume John Day constantly seeks to determine the original meaning of these stories in the light of their ancient Near Eastern background, and to determine how far this original meaning has been obscured by later interpretations.

Table of Contents:
1. The Background of the Genesis 1 Creation Narrative 2. Problems in the Interpretation of the Garden of Eden Story 3. Cain and the Kenites 4. The Sons of God and Daughters of Men and the Giants: Disputed Questions in the Interpretation of Genesis 6.1-4 5. The Flood and the Ten Antediluvian Figures in Berossus and in the Priestly Source in Genesis 6. The relation of the Genesis Flood Narrative to other ancient Near Eastern Flood Accounts 7. Rooms or Reeds in Noah's Ark (Genesis 6.14)? 8. Why does God 'Establish' rather than 'Cut' Covenants in the Priestly Source in Genesis? 9. Noah's Drunkenness, the Curse of Canaan, Ham's Crime, and the Blessing of Shem and Japheth (Genesis 9.18-27) 10. The Location of Tarshish (Genesis 10.4) 11. The Tower and City of Babel Story: Problems of Interpretation and Background

About the Author :
John Day is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Oxford, and Fellow & Tutor of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He has written or edited numerous books and articles, and in 2014 is President of the Society for Old Testament Study.

Review :
The strength of the books lies ... namely in those parts that help to illuminate the difficulties of the Hebrew text using comparative Semitic philology. This minute attention to detail is more than useful. The essays painstakingly work through detailed arguments on each of the issues covered and lead generally to careful and balanced conclusions ...These are very readable and informative essays which whet the appetite for the forthcoming commentary.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780567215093
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
  • Height: 236 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 162 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0567215091
  • Publisher Date: 05 Dec 2013
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
  • Weight: 500 gr


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