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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Main Author: Kaminski, Carol M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2008
In: 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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