Creation And Chaos in the Primeval Era And the Eschaton A Religio-historical Study of Genesis 1 and Revelation 12 (Paperback)

From the Publisher: <p>Hermann Gunkel�?s groundbreaking <I>Scöpfun und Chaos</I>, originally published in German in 1895, is here translated into English in its entirety for the very first time.</p> <p>The first major historical study of creation and chaos motifs in the Bible, Gunkel�?s volume has exercised a profound influence on the development of modern biblical studies. Discovering a number of parallels between the biblical creation accounts and a Babylonian creation account, the <I>Enuma Elish</I>, Gunkel argues that the ancient Babylonian traditions shaped the Hebrew people�?s perceptions both of God�?s creative activity at the beginning of time and of God�?s re-creative activity at the end of time.</p> <p>Though some of Gunkel�?s arguments have not withstood the test of time, his ?traditio-historical? methodology has become a major foundation of modern biblical scholarship.</p>