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Autore |
Mettinger Tryggve N.D. <1940-> |
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Titolo |
The Eden Narrative : A Literary and Religio-Historical Study of Genesis 2-3 / / by Tryggve N.D. Mettinger |
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Winona Lake, IN : , : Eisenbrauns, , 2007 |
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©2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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Paradijs |
Genesis (bijbelboek) |
11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-155) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Narratological Analysis of the Eden Narrative -- 3. The Theme of the Eden Narrative -- 4. The Genre and Function of the Eden Narrative -- 5. Traces of a Tradition: The Adamic Myth in Ezekiel 28 -- 6. Wisdom and Immortality in Adapa and Gilgamesh -- 7. Synthesis -- References -- Indexes |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In a book marked by unusually readable yet academic style, Mettinger transforms our knowledge of the story of Eden in Genesis. He shows us a story focused on a divine test of human obedience, with human disobedience and its consequences as its main theme. Both of the special trees in Eden had a function: the tree of knowledge as the test case, and the tree of life as the potential reward for obedience. Mettinger adopts a two-tiered approach. In a synchronic move, he understakes a literary analysis that yields striking observations on narratology, theme, and genre in the text studied. He defines the genre as myth and subjects the narrative to a functional analysis. He then applies a diachronic approach and presents a tradition-historical reconstruction of an Adamic myth in Ezekiel 28. The presence of both wisdom and immortality in this myth leads to a discussion of these divine prerogatives in Mesopotamian literature (remember Adapa and |
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Gilgamesh). The two prerogatives demarcated an ontological boundary between the divine and human spheres. Nevertheless, the Eden Narrative does not evaluate the human desire to obtain knowledge or wisdom negatively. A piece of fresh, original scholarship in accessible form, this book is ideal for courses on creation, primeval history, the Bible and literature, and the Bible and the ancient Near East. |
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