Revisiting the Days of Genesis: A Study of the Use of Time in Genesis 1-11 in Light of Its Ancient Near Eastern and Literary Context PDF
Preview Revisiting the Days of Genesis: A Study of the Use of Time in Genesis 1-11 in Light of Its Ancient Near Eastern and Literary Context
RevisitthieDn agy so fG enesis A Stuodtfyh Ues oefT imienG ene1-s1i1 s inL ighIttA'sno cfi NeenaEtra staenrLdni teCroanrtye xt B.C .H ODGE WIPF &S TOCK·E ugenOer,e gon REVISITITNHGE DAYSO F GENESIS A Studoyft heU seo fT imei nG enes1i-s1 i1n L ighotfI tAsn cieNneta rE astearnn d LiterCaornyt ext Copyrigh2t0©1 B1. C .H odgeAl.l r ighrtess ervEexdc.e pfotrb riqeufo tatiioncn rsi tical publicatoirro envise wnso,p arotft hibso okm ayb er eproduicnea dn ym annewirt hout priowrr ittpeenr missfrioomn t hep ublisWhreirt.Pe e:r missiWoinpsfa, n dS tock Publish1e9r9Ws ,8 th AveS.u,i t3e,E ugenOeR, 9 7401. Wipf&Stock An ImprionftW ipfa ndS tocPku blishers 199W 8thA veS.u,i t3e EugenOeR, 9 7401 www.wipfandstock.com ISBN1 39:7 8-1-60899-597-4 Manufacturientd h eU .S.A. All Scrihpatsbu ereetn r anslfraotme tdh eo rigiHneablr eowr G reeekx cewphte rneo ted otherwise. 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Onoeft h per oblIte hmissnh cko laarrfaesc iintsgh faec tth at tradi tiocnasn naoltw abyess u ffiicenntaliydl oewdFn o.tr h peu prosoefts h e pressetdnuytt,h ereIwfo irsleil,m palsys utmheGa etn ehsaiasnsa ctual authwohrow, o Iu ildde natsais fyi nglew rpir(tisemeores ttiliymd e-esn tfiieadsR )w,h oh auss eamd i xtoufvra er itoruasd ibtotihio nnssai,nd de outsoifId ser Haee lht.aa skme ant efrroimta hlee a rPlgi( ePrr iesterliche Grundsacswh eraliftslJ)a ,n Edw, h ihcahad l reaaddoypa tv eadr ioeft y anciNeenaEtra stterrand iatsi ownessl hlo.tr htIe,n ahuatdsho onre whamto satu thdooir,s. t ea.k,teh nte r adithiiwoson rsal ndocd fr afted theimn atm oa sterfullcyo pmcosoihteFirooetrnnh .rti e sa salo int,e rary analoyfts hibeso oikts h meo sbte nieafitlcrj aetcotroyt akforeo ucru r resnttdu ya,st hter aditthihaoatnvb esee n asbsyut mhneead r rative now cartrhtyeh eotlhotaghtyae u thdoers itroc eosnv ey. Sow hy1Vr itthebi osko ?Ifo unidnt e ecsrsyta ow ritthebi osko i na n effotrocta l risfyo miem poritsasncutoe nsc etrhnteii nmfrgea meuss ed by Gtehnee asuitsh ocrl-aar ifinceaetdbieotodhwn i tthihsnehc olarly communaintwdyi thtihcneo mmunoiffat iyta hsa w holIenr. e cent yeatrhspe,r imheivsatlio nGr eyn ehsabises e ans safruolmtee vded riy rectbiuootnn o,ef wtohrehs itit htsa tsa kiernoc,an licloym,fre osm the faitcho mmiutnTyh.ii lssa rgeclaybs eeta chuesih eta bse einn terpreted inac ruadnevd i olmeanntna egra iintlssit t epruparorsyHe e.ne cw,h at iwta osr ilgliiynn atetnodc eodm mucnaihtea s lbaereglneo olsnyti ts ix x Prfaece modearund ieThnetc iem.pe re isou dsebdyt hGee neasuitsha oswr e,l l, havbeee na lmost cmoimspulnedtoeederl,vsy ebt nyos cholasrese who thper imheivsatlao ser seysn tiala illtyec rraerayt ion. Asa y ouBnigb slteu dIefo nutn,md y selfi fintr hlmeil tye ralistic camtph astam wo stb iobfls icchaoll awristhhs ikpea p etyieecps,ae l ciawlhleiync t a mteoG ene1s-i1Ms1y i .n terprwealtsa artghieeollnyd pristooan ne ra pomliongdetstheiatct soabnwil byl icala sac riticism totoola t ttahcFeka iAtsih o.sft etnh cea sweh,ep nr ejuodfai nic ses ue · givweasty om orree flecmtypi reocne,p otftih ocinrs i tbiecciasommne e ofm orfrei etnhda n foe. Oneo f itnhtee rpdreefitciivepenr ciimeaisrnp i llaiyynm yo wn misunderwsattsah noadftmi insgi dentthpieufy prionsogef ntahrer a tiivnme y e arsltiuedrIhi aeadsl .w aaysss utmhetadht pe u prosweats o descet rhieebv etnatk pilnagw ciet htihnnea rraitnei xvaec dteitnagi l. Hencei,n tmeyvr epm reetthfioledilsn atl oo nhgi stoofir nyt erpretation thsaotu gtohm ta ksee nosfte he ev etnhtrso tuhgtehe xBtec.a uosfte h is tencdyea,nn cyl atihmsa utg getshttaehtdde e scroiftp htei oendv iedn t nocto rroenesdxp acatstl ohy o w thautn foelvwdeaentsdtoc latihma t thBei bwlaems i staaknetdnh ,e renfooortfGe ,o dA.ft earli lGf,o wda s thearneHd,e w atsh oen ceo mmunitchatete itxnhtgr otuhgaehu thor, thetnht ee oxutg thotd eptihceetv eanctc uyr.Wa htaeltli bemrya ted exegfreosmti hsii dswe aats os eteh tahtpe u ropsoeft he narrative was nottod esctrhieebv ee bnuttt,ou se etvheteno ct o nvaem ye ssiang e ancimeynttht iecr Imnos t.h er twhtoeer wxdatss, e rrretifoan nge vent, buwta nso dte scrtihbaitn igene v xeatncettr Itmw sa.cs o nvetyhienogl ogtyh roaunag nhc ient wlhainccgahur arwgiieet,dhi itdnse scriptions mythiicm agtehrafoytr meedp igce ntrheasutn forttuenolanyl eyx ist ino udra iynt he ofoffir cmt iHoenn.c aes ,i niegfvl eewn atds e csrbied int hrdeieeffr ewnatyw si thtihBnei bolree v,e wni thtihnnea rrative it,si ehtla afdb suotlenloiy m plicfoarwt hiatothnB esi bwla.es Ocnoeu ld precveei aispt u rmealnym adaep ,a rtnewrhsehtiehpqe,uro a rhl i er archbiectawlGe,oe dna nmda no,rt haitdt r popeodu otfh evaeonn goldpelnaI tstei sm.ps layi d naostt owh hiaintwtg a bsce auiswtea tsh e theoloogfhi izsittnohgrwa yatas tt hhee aritt so fp mreismgsaeaar,ny d ass ucehx,a cdteitnagi lnso otwn eliryree rv ealtnot ntahrer abtuitv e, wouhladv oeft egno titnte hnwe a oyf t htee xptup'ross es. Butth ewraes eavnem no rfoeu ndatiisostnuhaelal et td om y mis consttrhuneia ntguo rfte ha eu thloirt'epsr uparorsyae n,td h iactso n- Praecfex i texAttt .h eiasr sltyai gnmey c arceoenrt,we axtsth w ahti icmhm eidately precaendfodel dl otwhepeda rtipcreuilcaoornpw eea rse adWihnagIt. soolne aransme yds ,k idlelvsee ldwo,ap tsh caot ntietsxh tee n tire lit erawroyr ikn terwpirtehtiietcndso ncewpotrulSadol.m etihsni ontg jsuto uotfc ontwehxetin it l si ftfreodmi tism medcioanttese ixntc,e conteixmtpuoarlht oalnedcqesu afolrbl oytm hi crom aacndrdoo m ains ofat e(xti a.w eo.r,id ni tmso rpholaongldie cxafoilcr amtl,h waotr d ini tssne etncteh,sen e tenicnae p aragtrhapepa hr,a graal pahr gienr disceot,uh lreas rdgiesrc oursase ce twioiorbtn hoo iktn,h beo kow ithin itasn ciseenttta inwndig t thihcnea nn.)oTh ed ebtahthaeat s raged on, inclutdhinenu gm ermoiussi nterporfte htteae xttthi aoctnu srt rleyn previasli alr,gd eulteyo a fa ilutrore e atdht ee xwti thailonlft hese contesxptheueasWrl.h aitns e ediefosdr t hree atdoue nrd ertshtaatn d languiansgo jetsu atb unocfhg rammaanrwd o rdbsuc,tu ltsuyrma-l botlhsca otn juupir mea gients hi en divimdiunadl pw'shl eawnci etdh in varitoyeupsos fl iterHaetnuctreole, e. a Crlna sHseibcraielnaw n a t temtpout n derast teamxnutds a tl so iannec dluucdaoetft i haoenn c ient NeaEra stweorrntl hdia stti gnwiifittehhs o lsien gusiysmotblisc. Once ar eaddoeret sh ihseo, rs hmea ya lrseoa lthiacztre i tmiectdaholol o giecso,m ptairmvaaet erainladil t,e rreaardyai rnnego ls o ntgherr eats, bucto mpantiofao intssh,i, nt cheep yr oviimdpeo ritnafonrtm aitni on deciphtehlreii nngguc iosnttoieftcx h tae n ciHeenbtrt ehwwa atus s ed to wtrhibeti eb ltiecxatl. Thiswi blcelo miem porfotra ntstht eu doefGn etn e1s-i11as,s h e ors hwei blefal c ewdi tthhd ee citsoii notne tripmwreie ttth hinanat r ra tiavsaep recise meacsourrreemsetpnotot han ecdt tshu aatl ( ie.vee.n,t ane xacdteitnoagri al sa)l iteerlaermtyeh ncatot ntrtiobwuattrehdse theoloogfai nez vienngt i natfa hrga rte,a dteegrtr heaean lictherroal noloogrfay c tualb rdieantngia sni dli,v cilsdoeutraou l n derstanding his orh eMra ker: Acknowledgments !WOUTLOD LIKEt hankk itnlhdie b rsatraaytffP rincTheetoolno gical Smeinaforryt hewiirl lintogs npeestnshdt e i mteoh elspo meone who would boelt ohisenttr h wemiiasrse s sitvaeca knfosdr; t hger eat discutshswaieto' nhvsaed d u ritnhdgea yIs wosupledtn hde re. Iw ouldt otl hiaknek p rmeoysf sfoorrg si vmienag d iligteon ce stutdhyte e ixnti tosr igliannaglu aangwdei st,ht ihbnei blwiocraillnd whiicsthp kesas,ot hwaetm ighhetai irtno urIps r.a y tthvhioaslt u me wiplrlo vey otulhraa btho ars bneoeitnn vain. Iw oullidtk ote h aGnokr dAornt hwuhro, coptyhemidasin tued scrAinpyrt e.m aiinmipnegr feacrpetu iromenylos yw n. I'ldi tkote h aTnikn Caa mpbell Owheanrwsdo rfoikrnt yehper settthiminasgn uscript. Iw oullidtk ote h amnyk motMhiecrhB,eo lnen Neiec hwohlois s, alwaacy osn sstuapnptoo fmr ytw orakn,td h pere son twhhroomu gh chawoascs o nquoenmr yeb dea hlf. Iw oualldls iotk ote h amnykb euatiwfuilfeA ,l liMsaorHnio ed ge, whoo rganmiybz iebdl pihoaygn rpdau utpw ith mya bsmneecnaetsI a l occumpyim eidnw di tthhp er esseuenbctjfot r tphsasete vmeonn ths. Iw oullidtk ote h amnykc hilJdorneant,Ah laenx,aP nedteLerlir,y, , anAdn dr,foe rwb ienagc ontirneumailnt do ermGe o d'ovsfi ctoovreyr chatohsr oHuiggshr acgiiooftufl s ei a fnpdr ersveatYiouo na.er vei dentcheta 7htl ovCirnega ltiovaren isdss t aiwtl olr iknt hweo rtlodyd .a Asa lwaSyoasDl ,e Gil oria. xiii Abbreviations ACCS AnciCehnrti Cstoimamaner noytnS cprtiure AE TheA daEppai c AEL AnciEegyntptiL aientra ture AH Atar-sbsla ANF Anet-iNceFnaet hers ARAB AnciReenctoo rfAd syssr ainaBd a yblon ARI AsysriRaoynaI ln spcitroins AV AlphabeVterizsecihcdehesanr si ssy riusncdah kkean discWhoretnde erCr u neiIfonrsmc riopfWt esitoenrsn Asia BBR BullefotrB iinib clRaels earch BDB Brown-DrivHeerb-raBenrwdi gEgLnseg,xl niio scftho h e OlTdse tmaent BM BritMiusshe( uLmo ndMouns)e uimgsnsatur. CAD TheA sysriDainic otnyo aftr hOer iaelIn ntstoiftt huet e Univeyro fsC ihctiago CANE Civiliozft ahAteni coiNneesan rEt a st cc TheC haldCeoasonmg ony CDA A ConcDiiiscoet nyo afAr kkadian cos TheC ontoefSx cptrt iure DCH Dictyio ofCn laarsHsebirceawl DSS DeadS eSac rolls EG TheE riGdeusn ies Ee Enumeal is xv xviA bberviations EN EnkainN din mab ETCSL ElectTreoxCntori pcuo sfS umerLiiatne rature GBHS A GuitdBoeb i liHceablrS eynwt ax GE TheG igalmsehEp ic GKC GeseinuHse'b rGeramwm ar HALOT SEH ebreawnA dra maLiecx iocft ohOnel Tdse tamSetnutd,y Edition HS HebrSeynwt ax IBHS IntrocdtuitoBonb i liHceablrS eynwt ax JANES JuornoafAl n ciNeeanrEt a stSetrund ies /BL JuornoafBl ii bclLailt erature JNSL JuornoafNl or thwSeesmitiLc ta gnuages Jouon GrammaofrB b iliHceablr ew /SOT Juornfaortl h Set yuo dft hOel Tdse atment JSOsTup Juornfaortl h Set yuo dft he TOetlsmade nStu pmpelnet Series JTS JuornoafThl e loogSitcuadli es KAR KeilschraiftuAtssse uxrrte el eingIh inaoslts KTU2 TheC uneifoArplmh aebtTixect fsrom UgraiRta,Is b n Hanian Odt hPelra ces. LHBOTSL ibroafHr eyb rewe /BOTilesbdtl amSetnutd ies LXX TheS eptusapgieificnlctlat;yh ,Ge r eterka nsolfta htei on Pentateuch NIDOTET NewI netrnatDiioicnotanyol afO r lTdse tmaenThte oolgy anEdx eegsis NPNP NiceannePd o sitc-eFNnaet hSereris1e, s NPNF2 NiceannePd o sitc-eNFnaet hSereris2e, s OG TheG reterka nsolfa ttihoTenes tOalmdwe intethx, c ep titoont hPee ntateuch PG PatrolCougrisCauoesm plSeetruise,s Graeca PL PatroCluorgsCiuoapsmel eSteursLi,ae tsi na
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