The flood and the problem of being an Omnivore
The flood narratives in the Bible and the ancient Near East continue to attract scholarly attention from a variety of disciplines. This article incorporates recent research on ancient Near Eastern flood narratives into documentary examinations of Gen. 6-9. In doing so, important facets of the priest...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2018]
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Jahr: 2018, Band: 43, Heft: 2, Seiten: 163-178 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Flood
B Atra-?asīs B Gilgamesh B Genesis B Jubilees B Source Criticism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The flood narratives in the Bible and the ancient Near East continue to attract scholarly attention from a variety of disciplines. This article incorporates recent research on ancient Near Eastern flood narratives into documentary examinations of Gen. 6-9. In doing so, important facets of the priestly flood account come to the fore, particularly the role of meat consumption. Meat-eating and animal consumption is then set in the trajectory of Second Temple Jewish retellings of the flood in Jubilees and 1 Enoch, showing the adaptation of this feature in reception history particularly in Jubilees 5. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089217725259 |