‘It is Not Good for the Human to be Alone…’ (Gen. 2:18): yhwh Elohim Among the Weeping Gods of the Ancient Near East
Regarding the creation account in Genesis 2–3, D.M. Carr observes that this text freely repurposes prior cosmological traditions, and so it is a case of a ‘fluid adaptation of its Near Eastern precursors…’ (Carr, [2020], 52–53). Building on his discussion, this article analyzes an ane motif that has...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2024, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 101-125 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Genesis 1-3
/ Cosmology
/ Anthropology
/ Creation
/ Loneliness
/ Idea of God
/ Crying
/ Tears
/ Ancient Orient
/ Religion
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament |
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divine tears
B Solitude B laments B Cosmogony B anthropogony |
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