Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ken Litwak <kdlitwak AT concentric.net>]

Lloyd, without quoting, and knowing this is not precisely on bibical
Hebrew, may I suggest that "direct dependence" is not the best way to
understand how the biblical text relates to EE?  There are two issues
here. First, proving dependence is tough.  Similarity doesn't probve
dependence,. Second, the two works are SO different theologically, that
I think is it plain that Genesis is written as a polemical anti-myuth
attack on the views of Israel's neighbors. OTherwise, if i8t merely
depeneded upon EE, it would be polytheistic, have gods with little or no
moral standards, and not creation ex nihilo.


Ken Litwak
University of Bristol
Bristol, England
(and Java instructor in California)