Stories of Origins in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean Literature

"Examines a series of parallels between the stories of origins in the Bible and ancient Greek genealogical writings from the 7-5 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"--

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

Examines a series of parallels between the stories of origins in the Bible and ancient Greek genealogical writings from the 7–5 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.

Product details

• Authors: Guy Darshan, Guy (Tel Aviv University) Darshan
• Assisted by: Hannah Davidson (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009344487
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934448-7
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Southern Europe, BIBLES / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, Greece, Folklore, myths & legends, BCE to c 500 CE, c 2000 to c 1000 BCE, Judaism: Sacred Texts, Old Testaments, Jewish texts: Tanakh, Torah, Nevi’im, Ketuvim, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)