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Title: Gen 6:1-4


1
Gen 61-4
  • Sons of God members of the divine council (or
    Sethites)
  • Offspring Nephilim or giants
  • History of Jewish interpretation (Life of Adam
    and Eve Testament of Reuben Jubilees Enoch)
  • Explains why humans dont live forever
  • Moral deterioration before flood

2
Mesopotamian Flood Stories
  • Ziusudra, king of Shuruppak 1600
  • Gilgamesh library of Ashurbanipal (7c)
  • Atrahasis (also contains creation account) 1700
  • Berossus (Babylonian priest writing in Greek) 3rd
    c.

3
Gilgamesh Epic The Quest for Life
  • Gilgamesh, oppressive king of Uruk
  • Enkidus death The quest for everlasting life
  • Utnapishtim and Ms. Utnapishtim
  • Clamor role of Ea
  • Flood

4
Gilgamesh Epic (continued)
  • Gods gathered like flies around sacrifice
  • Ea How could you, unreasoning, bring the flood?
  • Reward for Utnapishtim
  • Who will assemble gods for you, Gilgamesh?
  • Non-sleeping Contest
  • Snake and the plant of life

5
Bible vs. Mesopotamian Stories
  • Warning, worldwide flood, size of boat noted,
    rests on a mountain, birds, acts of worship after
    flood, blessings on survivors
  • Polytheism vs. monotheism
  • Whim of the gods/unmeasured response vs. human
    violence as cause of flood
  • Otherworldly salvation vs. this worldly salvation

6
Flood and history
  • Mountains of Ararat (arkeologists) 16c
  • Archeological evidence in Mesopotamian cities
  • not in same century (Shuruppak, Uruk, and Kish
    2800 Ur and Nineveh 3500)
  • not over whole city of Ur
  • Carbon 14 data on wood

7
Yahwist vs. Priestly Writer
  • Yahweh
  • 7 pairs unclean 1 pair clean animals
  • 40 21 days
  • man and his wife
  • sacrifice
  • Good news no more floods
  • God
  • 1 pair of each kind of animal
  • year-long flood
  • male and female
  • Noah perfect promise to establish covenant be
    fruitful God will remember

8
Covenant in P
  • Everlasting covenant (establish give not
    cut)
  • With the entire creation
  • Signs of covenant
  • Bow as a reminder to God
  • Circumcision (Gen 17)
  • Sabbath (Exod 31)
  • Unconditional

9
Noahide Laws
  • Do not worship idols
  • Dont blaspheme
  • Establish courts of justice
  • Do not kill
  • Do not commit adultery
  • Dont steal
  • Dont eat flesh cut from a living animal

10
The Curse ofCanaan 920-27
  • The sin of Ham (the father of Canaan)
  • Cursed be Canaanthe lowest of slaves!
  • Blessed be Shem (Israel)
  • Let Canaan be his slave
  • May God make space for Japheth (Philistines) may
    he live in tents of Shem

11
The New Era after the Flood
  • Image of God persists
  • Human fear and dread on animals
  • Meat permitted
  • Sanctity of human life
  • Capital punishment?
  • Be fruitful and multiply

12
Table of Nations
  • An example of being fruitful and multiplying
  • 70 Nations (Deuteronomy 328)
  • Three families Japheth (Europe) Ham
    (Africa) and Shem (Semites, east of Palestine)
  • Composite list that reflects various
    geo-political realities
  • Canaan son of Ham Canaan was considered part
    of Egyptian province
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