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Antibabylonische Polemik im priesterlichen Schöpfungsbericht?

An examination of the suggestion of anti-Babylonian polemics in the priestly creation account - as it is often claimed - shows that there is no evidence for an anti-Babylonian orientation in Genesis 1. This is especially the case in regard to the creation of the heavenly bodies (Gen 1:14-19). Instea...

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Main Author: Gertz, Jan Christian (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:German
Published: 2009
In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
Year: 2009, Volume: 106, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-155
ISSN:0044-3549
Subjects:
Bibel > Genesis
Bibel > Genesis > 1
Bibel > Genesis > 1,14-19
Priesterschrift
Religion
Mesopotamien
Kultur
Babylonisch
Schöpfungsglaube
Babylonien
Bibel / Genesis
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Author Notes:von Jan Christian Gertz
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Summary:An examination of the suggestion of anti-Babylonian polemics in the priestly creation account - as it is often claimed - shows that there is no evidence for an anti-Babylonian orientation in Genesis 1. This is especially the case in regard to the creation of the heavenly bodies (Gen 1:14-19). Instead we have to consider that Genesis 1 was part of an Eastern Mediterranean koiné, i.e. a culture area in which during the 7th century BCE a new form of natural science established itself that received its main impulses from Mesopotamia.
ISSN:0044-3549

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