God’s Plan in Job and the “Wise Things” of Marduk
Författare
Redaktör
- Göran Eidevall
- Blazenka Scheuer
Summary, in English
The article relates the concept of God's "plan" in Job 38:2 and 42:3 to similar concepts in earlier Ancient Near Eastern mythological literature, especially the term niklātu ("wise, ingenious things") used in the Babylonian Enuma Elish to describe the actions of Marduk - both the battle against the chaos monster Tiamat and the creation of the earthly world. Parallels are also drawn to expressions in the Ugaritic Epic of Kirta/Keret. These various concepts are analyzed as methods of integrating the ideas of the chaos battle and creation in the context of Wisdom literature.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2011
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
227-236
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Enigmas and Images: Studies in Honor of Tryggve N. D. Mettinger
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Eisenbrauns
Ämne
- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Nyckelord
- Kirta
- Enuma Elish
- niklatu
- nikiltu
- Job 42:3
- Job 38:2
- plan
- ʿēṣâ
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0069-8954