Made in the image of god: the creation of אדם: the commissioning of the king and the chaoskampf of YHWH
This article suggests that Genesis 1 and Psalms 8, 18 and 89 reflect a mythological tradition which described the creation of the human king as YHWH’s counterpart in the divine battle against chaos. The residual royal features of the narrative of the creation of אדם in Genesis 1—the creation of the...
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Brill
2016
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/43282/ |