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Article: Creation Accounts in the Ancient Near East and in the Bible

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RICHARD J. CLIFFORD, Creation Accounts in the Ancient Near East and in the Bible (CBQMS 26; Washington: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1994). Pp. xiv+ 217. Paper $9.

Richard Clifford has written a much needed volume for anyone who seeks to understand biblical conceptions of creation within the ancient Near Eastern cosmogonic tradition. This book will also be a valuable resource for students of ancient Near Eastern religions in general. In part 1 the cosmogonic traditions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Canaan are examined sympathically and honestly--completely absent is any tendency to denigrate the achievements of extrabiblical ancient Near Eastern poets and theologians for the ...

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