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1	Gewone mense, stories en Jahweh : 'n teologie van die verhalende literatuur in Genesis 1-11 (Afrikaans) De Man, Jan Abraham 20 March 2006 (has links) Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Thesis (PhD (Old Testament Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Old Testament Studies / unrestricted Narration in the bible UCTD
2	Babel, babble, and Babylon : reading Genesis 11:1-9 as myth Oosthuizen, Neil T. 25 August 2009 (has links) The story of the Tower of Babel (Gen 11: 1-9) has been interpreted in various ways down through the centuries. However, most commentators have ignored the genre of the text, and have not sought to interpret it within its mythological framework - therefore most interpretations are nothing short of babble. A working text is ascertained, and the complexity of the text investigated. The text is then identified as 'myth': within its mythological framework the tower is seen as a temple linking heaven and earth, ensuring the continuation of the royal dynasty (i e 'making a name'). When used by the Yahwist Levites during the Babylonian Exile, our story was inserted in the great Pre-History as polemic against the Babylonian concept of creation, temple, and dynasty; and served as both a warning and an encouragement to the Exiles. The post-exilic Priestly Writer re-interpreted our story as a warning to the returning exiles that their society, and their temple, should be reconstructed as YHWH determines. Interpreting the story as myth enables it, finally, to speak clearly into our context today, especially that of South Africa. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / D. Th. (Old Testament) Genesis 11: 1-9 Tower of Babel Myth Mythological framework 'Enuma Elish Ziggurat Creation Genesis 1-11 Temple Tabernacle Documentary hypothesis Yahwist Levites Priestly writer South African society 222.11068 Babel, Tower of Myth in the Old Testament
3	Babel, babble, and Babylon : reading Genesis 11:1-9 as myth Oosthuizen, Neil T. 25 August 2009 (has links) The story of the Tower of Babel (Gen 11: 1-9) has been interpreted in various ways down through the centuries. However, most commentators have ignored the genre of the text, and have not sought to interpret it within its mythological framework - therefore most interpretations are nothing short of babble. A working text is ascertained, and the complexity of the text investigated. The text is then identified as 'myth': within its mythological framework the tower is seen as a temple linking heaven and earth, ensuring the continuation of the royal dynasty (i e 'making a name'). When used by the Yahwist Levites during the Babylonian Exile, our story was inserted in the great Pre-History as polemic against the Babylonian concept of creation, temple, and dynasty; and served as both a warning and an encouragement to the Exiles. The post-exilic Priestly Writer re-interpreted our story as a warning to the returning exiles that their society, and their temple, should be reconstructed as YHWH determines. Interpreting the story as myth enables it, finally, to speak clearly into our context today, especially that of South Africa. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / D. Th. (Old Testament) Genesis 11: 1-9 Tower of Babel Myth Mythological framework 'Enuma Elish Ziggurat Creation Genesis 1-11 Temple Tabernacle Documentary hypothesis Yahwist Levites Priestly writer South African society 222.11068 Babel, Tower of Myth in the Old Testament

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