Israelites should conquer Israel: the hidden polemic of the first creation narrative

The analysis in this paper suggests that one of the chief rationales of the first Creation narrative was to describe the creation of the land of Israel, mandating that it be populated and conquered after the Babylonian exile. It thus foreshadows the second Creation narrative, which implies that the...

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Main Author: Hepner, Gershon 1938- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2006
In: Revue biblique
Year: 2006, Volume: 113, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-180
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Genesis / Promised Land / Creation
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Genesis 1,1-2,3
B Bible. Chronicle 2. 26,23
B Creation
B Temple
B Bible. Genesis 2,4-3,24
B Exile
Parallel Edition:Electronic