REL 312: OT Studies — Genesis:
Recommended Readings
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Recommended Readings

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Readings for GENESIS CHAPTERS 4-5

Ernest W. Altvater, "Cain and Abel: Gen. 4:3-8" The Biblical World 32:4 (1908) 277–280. Read this article on JSTOR

George A. Barton "A Sumerian Source of the Fourth and Fifth Chapters of Genesis" Journal of Biblical Literature 34:1/4 (1915) 1–9. Read this article on JSTOR.

Matthew Black, "Enoch and the Books of Enoch" The Oxford Companion to the Bible (Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, eds.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993). Read this article on Oxford Reference Online.

Morton S. Enslin, "Cain and Prometheus," Journal of Biblical Literature 86:1 (1967) 88–90. Read this article at JSTOR.

Thomas C. Hartman, "Some Thoughts on the Sumerian King List and Genesis 5 and 11b" Journal of Biblical Literature 91:1 (1972) 25–32. Read this article on JSTOR.

Ronald S. Hendel, "Cain and Abel" The Oxford Companion to the Bible (Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, eds.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993). Read this article on Oxford Reference Online.

S. H. Hooke, "Cain and Abel" Folklore 50:1 (1939) 58–65. Read this article on JSTOR.

E. G. Kraeling, "The Interpretation of the Name Noah in Gen. 5:29" Journal of Biblical Literature 48:3/4 (1929) 138–143 Read this article on JSTOR

Saul Levin, "The More Savory Offering: A Key to the Problem of Gen 4:3-5," Journal of Biblical Literature 98:1 (1979) 85. Read this article on JSTOR.

Patrick D. Miller, Jr., "Yeled in the Song of Lamech" Journal of Biblical Literature 85:4 (1966) 477–478. Read this article on JSTOR.

Julian Morgenstern, "A Note on Genesis 5:29," Journal of Biblical Literature 49:3 (1930) 306–309 Read this article on JSTOR.

Leon Morris, "Blood," The Oxford Companion to the Bible (Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, eds.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993). Read this article on Oxford Reference Online.

John Walton, "The Antediluvian Section of the Sumerian King List and Genesis 5" The Biblical Archaeologist 44:4 (1981) 207–208. Read this article on JSTOR.

Claus Westermann and Bruce M. Metzger, "Genealogies" The Oxford Companion to the Bible (Bruce M. Metzger and Michael D. Coogan, eds.; Oxford: Oxford University Press Inc. 1993). Read this article on Oxford Reference Online.

N. Wyatt, "Cain's Wife" Folklore 97:1 (1986) 88–95. Read this article on JSTOR.

N. Wyatt (?), "Correction: Cain's Wife" Folklore 97:2 (1986) 232. Read this article at JSTOR.

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