The Creation in the Hebraic and Babylonian Traditions

Given the documentary hypothesis of Wellhousen, the understanding of Hebrew cosmology is very similar to that of other ancient Near East societies, but they have very different theories about the theological and anthropological meaning of this creation I will. The creation note of Genesis was summarized at a very important time of the history of the Jews. This story reflects universal emotions and agreement of personal relationships between God and humanity, which is reflected in the intimacy of creation.

Genesis 1-2 can be seen as ancient science. The phrase "God created heaven and earth" at the beginning of Genesis 1 summarizes the author's belief that the Lord, the Lord of Israel, is responsible for creation without taking responsibility It is. Jewish thinkers who adopted Greek philosophical thought after competitors have come to the conclusion that the wisdom, speech and spirit of God permeated all and bound them. Christianity now adopts these ideas and decides Jesus using creative words. "In the beginning words and words are with God and words are Gods" (John 1: 1). When the Jews touched the Greeks, it led to reinterpretation of the theory of cosmology underlying the story of Genesis. Biblical authors believe that the universe is the center of a disk-shaped earth, the underground world of the bottom dead, paradise above

Like their Sumerians, Babylonian poets did not have any explanation of their creation. Other kinds of text include various stories about creation. The most noteworthy is that the story of Babylon Enuma Elish legitimized that Marduk appeared as Babylon's best god on behalf of Panthéon's former leader Enrile. This poem was probably written during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar in the latter half of the 12th century BC but may have been written shortly thereafter. At this time, Babylon has been governed by the foreign Kashit dynasty for centuries and has achieved political and cultural independence. This poem celebrates the virtues of the city and serves as a political rationale to explain how Babylon succeeded as the center of the religious festival in the old city Napoor.