Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Peter Kirk" <Peter_Kirk AT sil.org>]

Yes, I do have a problem. In your own words slightly modified: "We have
no evidence for an oral tradition but we do have evidence of a literary
tradition to which Enuma Elish belongs." So let's deal with the text of
Enuma Elish as we have it, not speculate about lost works or oral
traditions whether Hebrew or Mesopotamian.

Peter Kirk

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Hutchesson [mailto:mc2499 AT mclink.it]
> Sent: 23 July 2002 02:05
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Re: Raqiyah
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Goldsmith <iangoldsmith1969 AT yahoo.co.uk>
> To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
> Date: lunedì 22 luglio 2002 14.05
> Subject: RE: Raqiyah
> 
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> 
> The tradition of the Enuma Elish does not mean from the
> Enuma Elish but from the same tradition. Is there a
> problem with this??
> 
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> 
> We have no evidence for an oral tradition but we do
> have evidence of a literary tradition to which Gen 1
> belongs.
> 
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