Creation in the biblical traditions

Adapa Akkadian Albertz ancient Near Eastern apocalyptic Atrahasis Baal Babylonian Bible biblical Book of Job cba members cbqms century B.C. context cosmogonies cosmos crea creation accounts creation theology creator cultural deity described Dilmun distinction divine sovereign divine speeches earth elements emphasizes Enki Enkidu Enlil Enmerkar Enuma elish epic essay Eudorus evil exodus events Ezra flood Genesis genre Gilgamesh God's gods heaven Hebrew Hellenistic humankind idea intelligible world interpretation isbn Israel Israelite Job's language literary literature logos Lord Marduk Mesopotamian metaphor Middle Platonism Middle Platonists motif narrative Ninhursag Oden Opif original paradigm passage perspective Philo philosophical Plato's Timaeus present Priestly primeval primeval myth Prov Proverbs Psalm question realm relationship role salvation sense-perceptible world Stoic story Strophe structure Sumerian theme Tiamat Timaeus tion tradition transcendence Trimorphic Protennoia Ugaritic ultimate judgment universe Weltschopfung Westermann Woman Wisdom Yahweh