Table1.BDivineCouncilinBiblicalLiteratureAngelsinrebellionagainstGodIsaiah14:12CorruptabilityofangelsJob4:18-19DivinebeingpresentatcreationJob38:7Celestialcourt1Kings22:19-22
Isaiah6:8
Psalm29:1-2
Psalm82
Psalm89:6-7
Job1:6,2:1[
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QuestionsforReviewCompareandcontrasttheIsraeliteunderstandingofGodasimpliedinGenesis1:1-2:4awiththeunderstandingofGodimpliedin2:4b-25.SeePriestlyCreationStoryandYahwistCreationStory.WhatdoesthestoryofdisobedienceinEden(Genesis3)suggestabouttheIsraeliteunderstandingofsin?SeeDisobedienceandExpulsionfromEden.WhatarethesimiliaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheEnumaElishandthebiblicalstoriesofcreation?SeeE...[
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ForFurtherStudyAlter(1996)isaliterarytranslationofGenesis,Levenson(1988)plumbsthetheologicaldepthsofchaos,andMiller(1978)synthesizesthethemesofGenesis1.11Chapter1Bibliography;seeChapter2BibliographyforworkstreatingthethemesofGenesisasawhole.QuestionsforReviewCompareandcontrasttheIsraeliteunderstandingofGodasimpliedinGenesis1:1-2:4awiththeunderstandingofGodimpliedin2:4b-25.Whatdoesthestoryofdisobed...[
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B.ThematicUnityWhatistheoverallintentofthesestorieswhenseentogetherasawhole?ThePrimevalStoryasawholetellsthefollowingtale.
Godcreatedtheworldaperfectplace.Thecreation,however,wasdistortedandcorruptedbyhumanity'seffortstoachieveautonomyfromGod.God'sfirstresponsetothegrowingproblemofsinwastowipetheslatecleanwithafloodandbeginagainwithrighteousNoah.
Evenaftertheearthwasun-createdandthenre-cre...[
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A.LiteraryUnityTable1.3displaysthattheYahwistsuppliesthebulkofthePrimevalStory--almosteverythingexceptforthefirstcreationstory,partsofthefloodstory,andthecovenantwithNoah.Forthese,thePriestlywriterhadhisowntraditions,whichsupplementtheYahwistcorenarrative.Table1.3LiterarySourcesofthePrimevalStoryGenesis1-11Yahwist(J)Priestly(P)1:1-2:4aWorldcreation2:4b-25Creationofhumanity3:1-24GardenofEden4:1-16C...[
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3.Genesis1-11asaWholeWhenwefocusontheaccountasawholeweseethattherearethemesandstructuresthatunitethevarietyofmaterialsinGenesis1-11and,indeed,extendthroughthewholeofGenesis(seeChapter2).Inaddition,thefinalcompositionhasaremarkableparalleldevelopment.Chapters1-7tellastoryofcreationtodestruction,andchapters8-11tellastoryofdivinegraceinspiteofcontinuedhumanwillfulness.ThestartlingconclusionofthePrime...[
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TheTowerofBabel,byPieterBruegel(c.1525-69)1563.KunsthistorischesMuseumWien,Vienna.[
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The"Little"TowerofBabel,byPieterBruegel(c.1525-69)1563.MuseumBoymans-vanBeuningen,Rotterdam.[
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