The Waters that Changed Genesis: “Let there be an expanse between the waters…”
What in the beginning was a vertical act of ordering – the Spirit of God above the waters – was transformed, through a small interpolation, …
How a Mythology of Destruction Diverted the Continuity of Creation: Noah and the Tower of Babel
If the first mythological insertion in Genesis – the story of Eden – introduced into the biblical text the idea of an original fall, the …
MESOPOTAMIAN MYTHS ABOUT CREATION AND THE FLOOD. A Journey Through Clay Tablets
INTRODUCTION: A WORLD ON CLAY TABLETS Imagine a world with no printed books, no internet, no images. Everything you knew about beginnings was written on …