{"product_id":"creation-and-chaos-a-reconsideration-of-hermann-gunkels-chaoskampf-hypothesis-9781575062792","title":"Creation and Chaos: A Reconsideration of Hermann Gunkel's Chaoskampf Hypothesis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHermann Gunkel was a scholar in the generation of the origins of Assyriology, the spectacular discovery by George Smith of fragments of the “Chaldean Genesis,” and the Babel-Bibel debate. Gunkel’s thesis, inspired by materials supplied to him by the Assyriologist Heinrich Zimmern, was to take the \u003ci\u003eChaoskampf\u003c\/i\u003e motif of Revelation as an event that would not only occur at the end of the world but had already happened at the beginning, before Creation. In other words, in this theory, one imagines God in Genesis 1 as first having battled Rahab, Leviathan, and Yam (the forces of Chaos) in a grand battle, and only then beginning to create.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem with Gunkel’s theory is that it did not simply identify common elements in the mythologies of the ancient Near East but imposed upon them a structure dictating the relationships between the elements, a structure that was based on inadequate knowledge and a forced interpretation of his sources. On the other hand, one is not entitled to insist that there was no cultural conversation among peoples who spent the better part of several millennia trading with, fighting, and conquering one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreation and Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to address some of these issues. The contributions are organized into five sections that address various aspects of the issues raised by Gunekl’s theories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Creation and Chaos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Hesiod’s Abyss to Ovid’s rudis indigestaque moles: Chaos and Cosmos in the Babylonian “Epic of Creation”\u003c\/i\u003e Karen Sonik\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Theogonies of Hesiod and the Hurrians: An Exploration of the Dual Natures of Teššub and Kumarbi\u003c\/i\u003e Dennis R. M. Campbell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreation in the Bible and the Ancient Near East\u003c\/i\u003e W. G. Lambert†\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSearching for Meaning in Genesis 1:2: Purposeful Creation out of Chaos without Kampf\u003c\/i\u003e JoAnn Scurlock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Monster-Bashing Myths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Day of Creation in Ancient Syrian and Neo-Hittite Art\u003c\/i\u003e Douglas Frayne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnce upon a Time in Kiškiluša: The Dragon-Slayer Myth in Central Anatolia\u003c\/i\u003e Amir Gilan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Northwest Semitic Conflict Myth and Egyptian Sources from the Middle and New Kingdoms \u003c\/i\u003e Joanna Töyräänvuori\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYamm as the Personification of Chaos? A Linguistic and Literary Argument for a Case of Mistaken Identity \u003c\/i\u003eBrendon C. Benz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: Gunkel and His Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChaos and Creation: Hermann Gunkel between Establishing the “History of Religions School,” Acknowledging Assyriology, and Defending the Faith \u003c\/i\u003eSteven Lundström\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere Is Eden? An Analysis of Some of the Mesopotamian Motifs in Primeval J \u003c\/i\u003ePeter Feinman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabel-Bible-Baal \u003c\/i\u003eAaron Tugendhaft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Power and Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Combat Myth as a Succession Story at Ugarit \u003c\/i\u003eWayne T. Pitard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Are the Nations Doing in the Chaoskampf? \u003c\/i\u003e Robert D. Miller II\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5: Kampf and Chaos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Combat Myth in Israelite Tradition Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e Bernard F. Batto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Three “Daughters” of Baʿal and Transformations of Chaoskampf in the Early Chapters of Genesis \u003c\/i\u003eRichard E. Averbeck\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 6: Chaos and (Re)Creation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChaoskampf Lost—Chaoskampf Regained: The Gunkel Hypothesis Revisited \u003c\/i\u003eJoAnn Scurlock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking All Things New (Again): Zephaniah’s Eschatological Vision of a Return to Primeval Time \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Melvin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndexes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Scripture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Subjects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Ancient Texts and Objects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex of Words\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188735304023,"sku":"9781575062792","price":51.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creation-and-chaos-a-reconsideration-of-hermann-gunkels-chaoskampf-hypothesis-9781575062792","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}