Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Part 1. Creation and Chaos
7. From Hesiod’s Abyss to Ovid’s rudis indigestaque moles Chaos and Cosmos in the Babylonian “Epic of Creation” 1
8. On the Theogonies of Hesiod and the Hurrians An Exploration of the Dual Natures of Teššub and Kumarbi 26
9. Creation in the Bible and the Ancient Near East 44
10. Searching for Meaning in Genesis 1:2 Purposeful Creation out of Chaos without Kampf 48
11. Part 2. Monster-Bas hing Myths
12. The Fifth Day of Creation in Ancient Syrian and Neo-Hittite Art 63
13. Once upon a Time in Kiškiluša The Dragon-Slayer Myth in Central Anatolia 98
14. The Northwest Semitic Conflict Myth and Egyptian Sources from the Middle and New Kingdoms 112
15. Yamm as the Personification of Chaos? A Linguistic and Literary Argument for a Case of Mistaken Identity 127
16. Part 3. Gunkel and His Times
17. Chaos and Creation Hermann Gunkel between Establishing the “History of Religions School,” Acknowledging Assyriology, and Defending the Faith 147
18. Where Is Eden? An Analysis of Some of the Mesopotamian Motifs in Primeval J 172
19. Babel-Bible-Baal 190
20. Part 4. Power and Politics
21. The Combat Myth as a Succession Story at Ugarit 199
22. What Are the Nations Doing in the Chaoskampf? 206
23. Part 5. Kampf and Chao
24. The Combat Myth in Israelite Tradition Revisited 217
25. The Three “Daughters” of Baʿal and Transformations of Chaoskampf in the Early Chapters of Genesis 237
26. Part 6. Chaos and (Re)Creation
27. Chaoskampf Lost—Chaoskampf Regained The Gunkel Hypothesis Revisited 257
28. Making All Things New (Again) Zephaniah’s Eschatological Vision of a Return to Primeval Time 269
29. Index of Authors 283
30. Index of Scripture 290
31. Index of Subjects 294
32. Index of Ancient Texts and Objects 325
33. Index of Words 331