Creation and destruction : a reappraisal of the chaoskampf theory in the Old Testament /

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Author / Creator:Tsumura, David Toshio.
Imprint:Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2005.
Description:xviii, 214 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5716282
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Other uniform titles:Tsumura, David Toshio. Earth and the waters in Genesis 1 and 2.
ISBN:1575061066 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Rev. and expanded ed. of: The earth and the waters in Genesis 1 and 2.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Creation narratives in Genesis
  • 1. The Earth in Genesis 1
  • 2. The waters in Genesis 1
  • 3. The Earth-waters-ruah in Genesis 1
  • 4. The Earth in Genesis 2
  • 5. The waters in Genesis 2
  • 6. The Earth-waters relationship in Genesis 2
  • 7. God and the waters
  • Pt. 2. The Chaoskampf motif in poetic texts
  • 8. Canaanite myths and Hebrew poetry
  • 9. A creation motif in Psalm 46?
  • 10. A destruction motif in Habakkuk 3
  • 11. Metaphor in poetry.