Must Animals Die?: Genesis 3:21, Enūma ElišIV, and the Power of Divine Creation

Yhwh-God’s provision of clothing for the first humans in Gen 3:21 is often understood as a gracious act that nevertheless involves animal slaughter so as to produce the “garments of skin.” The present essay uncouples these two elements—the beneficence of the divine provision of clothing and the poss...

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Main Author: Strawn, Brent A. 1970- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 122-150
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Clothing / Death / Animals / Creation / Enūma elīś / Bible. Genesis 3,21
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
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