"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"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
