Guy Darshan (Tel Aviv University)

Stories of Origins in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines a series of parallels between the stories of origins in the Bible and ancient Greek genealogical writings from the 7â 5 centuries BCE, as well as other early Eastern Mediterranean (Phoenician and Anatolian) sources from the first millennium BCE, some of which have only been published in recent years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9781009344487
• ISBN-10: 100934448X
• Artikelnr.: 69074951

Autorenporträt

Guy Darshan is the Chair of the department of Biblical Studies at Tel Aviv University. He earned his academic degrees in Hebrew Bible and Classical Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He served as Fellow in Judaica at Harvard University and at the University of Pennsylvania, and has received several prestigious academic grants and awards, including the 2014 David Noel Freedman Award. His research is devoted to the formation of the biblical literature and its text in the context of early eastern Mediterranean writings.

Inhaltsangabe

I. After the Flood and Before It: 1. The dispersion of the peoples after
the Flood - Genesis 10 and its Greek parallels; 2. The planting of the
first vineyard after the Flood - Genesis 9:20-27 in light of Greek
genealogical traditions; 3. The creation of the first woman and the origin
of evil; 4. The destruction of the generation of heroes - the story of the
sons of God and the daughters of men (Gen 6:1-4) and the Hesiodic Catalogue
of Women; II. From Man to Nation: Literary Patterns: 5. The 'first
inventor' pattern in Eastern Mediterranean origin traditions; 6. The 'two
brothers - two nations' pattern in Eastern Mediterranean origin traditions;
7. The founding father as settler: an Eastern Mediterranean story pattern;
8. The history of genre: origin stories in biblical and ancient Eastern
Mediterranean literature.