Beautiful Women or 'False Judgment'? Interpreting Genesis 6.2 in the Context of the Primaeval History
In Gen. 6.2 the sons of God see that the daughters of humankind are 'beautiful', yet the adjective used in 6.2 is not הפי, 'beautiful, handsome', but בוט, 'good'. An examination of the adjective בוט in the present study leads to the conclusion that בוט in Gen. 6...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2008, Volume: 32, Issue: 4, Pages: 457-473 |
| Further subjects: | B
beautiful
B sons of God B approval formula B Eve B Genesis B primaeval history B Good |
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| Summary: | In Gen. 6.2 the sons of God see that the daughters of humankind are 'beautiful', yet the adjective used in 6.2 is not הפי, 'beautiful, handsome', but בוט, 'good'. An examination of the adjective בוט in the present study leads to the conclusion that בוט in Gen. 6.2 does not mean 'beautiful', but 'good'. This study proposes that 6.2 is not connected to the 'beauty' motif found in the ensuing chapters of Genesis, but to the 'seeing...good' motif in the preceding creation story (Gen. 1-3). The conclusion is reached that what sets the story in motion is not the attractive appearance of the women, but the false judgment by the sons of God whose actions recall Eve's in Gen. 3.6. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089208092142 |