‘It is Not Good for the Human to be Alone…’ (Gen. 2:18): yhwh Elohim Among the Weeping Gods of the Ancient Near East
Regarding the creation account in Genesis 2–3, D.M. Carr observes that this text freely repurposes prior cosmological traditions, and so it is a case of a ‘fluid adaptation of its Near Eastern precursors…’ (Carr, [2020], 52–53). Building on his discussion, this article analyzes an ane motif that has...
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| 格式: | 电子 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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2024
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2024, 卷: 32, 发布: 2, Pages: 101-125 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bibel. Genesis 1-3
/ 宇宙论
/ 人类学
/ 创造
/ 孤单
/ 神的概念
/ 哭
/ Träne
/ Alter Orient
/ 宗教
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
divine tears
B Solitude B laments B Cosmogony B anthropogony |
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| 总结: | Regarding the creation account in Genesis 2–3, D.M. Carr observes that this text freely repurposes prior cosmological traditions, and so it is a case of a ‘fluid adaptation of its Near Eastern precursors…’ (Carr, [2020], 52–53). Building on his discussion, this article analyzes an ane motif that has not been linked to Genesis 2–3 yet, i.e., the formation of humanity from divine tears or in the wake of divine laments. Known in various configurations from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and Greek sources, this motif includes tears of a god or gods either as a generative substance in the making of humans or as a driving force for their origins. In light of these traditions, this article considers the pronouncement ‘It is not good for the human to be alone’ (Gen. 2:18), arguing that it is a variation on the ‘divine tears’ myth. As such, this pronouncement addresses a multi-faceted form of ‘aloneness’ in the emerging cosmos. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-20231723 |
