To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: raqia encore
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 18:13:32 -0600
> >One thing I find fascinating is the way some folks want to
> >say that the Genesis account is based on mythology similar to
> >Enuma Elish, tie in the word Tiamat and all the rest, while
> >simultaneously claiming elsewhere that it wasn't even written until
> >the second century B.C., several hundred years (at least!) after
> >Enuma Elish and the other stuff had passed off the scene!
>
> Duh. Berossus is well aware of the Enuma Elish in the 2nd
> century BCE.
>
Reference, please? I'll comment further after that.
Dave Washburn http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
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