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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1. Verfasser: Gertz, Jan Christian (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Deutsch
Veröffentlicht: 2009
In: Zeitschrift für Theologie und Kirche
Year: 2009, Jahrgang: 106, Heft: 2, Pages: 137-155
ISSN:0044-3549
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Verfasserangaben:von Jan Christian Gertz
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Zusammenfassung: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