Original scientific paper
Mythical and historical in the book of Genesis and in Deuteronomic historiography
Miljenko Odrljin
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Split
Abstract
The very title of this book indicates its content and the author's intention. First, the author wants to explain what is „mitical“ and what is „historical“. In the first part, he wants to point to the intricate relations of those in the framework of the Old Testament. In the second part of the work he tries to spotlight the manifold correlations between the „mythical history“ of creation in Gn 2-3 and deuteronomic history, making it clear that we are talking about the same history, similar also in some other place sin the Old Testament. In the end the author wants to point out the fundamental idea that destruction does not have the final word but God who loves life above all and always remains ready for cooperation.
Keywords
mythical; historical; Eden; Adam; snake; king; Covenant
Hrčak ID:
168254
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Publication date:
1.6.2005.
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