Toward a Poetics of Genesis 1-11 <subTitle>Reading Genesis 4:17-22 in its Near Eastern context</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Lowery, Daniel DeWitt</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Eisenbrauns</publisher> <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>284tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover</extent> <extent>24cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>.. In this study, Lowery sets out to understand more accurately ancient Near Eastern language and claims about origins, specifically claims found in Gen 1-11. He uses Gen 4:17-22 as a test case representing the Hebrew tradition explaining how the world came to be civilized. Lowery observes that this passage serves a function within the larger narrative of Gen 1-11 akin to other ancient Near Eastern traditions of civilized beginnings. Moreover, it occupies a place in the overarching ""narrative of beginnings"" corresponding to what we find elsewhere throughout the ancient world... This study aims to demonstrate that much of the language of Gen 1-11 is similar in many ways to its Mesopotamian counterparts. More explicitly, here is an exploration of the nature of the language and terms of Gen 1-11 to ascertain what truths it communicates and how it communicates them. At its core, this is a study of the genre and generic claims of protohistory as found in Gen 1-11.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Daniel DeWitt Lowery</note> <subject> <topic>Bible . OT. Genesis</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Old Testament Scriptures -- Exegesis</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">222.1106</classification> <classification authority="ddc">D184-L91</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781575068169</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11272/19.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11272/19.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071009.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>