REL 312: OT Studies — Genesis:
Recommended Readings

David H. Aaron, "Early Rabbinic Exegesis on Noah's Son Ham and the So-Called 'Hamitic Myth'," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 63:4 (1995) 721–759. Read this article on JSTOR.

Also see the following rejoinders to Aaron's article:

Steven L. McKenzie, "Response: The Curse of Ham and David H. Aaron," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 65:1 (1997) 183–186. Read this article on JSTOR.

Donald H. Matthews, "Response: The Cultural Aesthetic of Blackness," Journal of the American Academy of Religion 65:1 (1997) 187–188. Read this article on JSTOR.

Tzvi Abusch, "The Development and Meaning of the Epic of Gilgamesh: An Interpretive Essay," Journal of the American Oriental Society 121:4 (2001) 614-622. Read this article on JSTOR.

Benjamin Wisner Bacon, "Chronology of the Account of the Flood in P. A Contribution to the History of the Jewish Calendar." Hebraica 8:1/2 (1891-1892) 79–88. Read this article on JSTOR.

John Sietze Bergma and Scott Walker Hahn, "Noah's Nakedness and the Curse on Canaan (Genesis 9:20–27)," Journal of Biblical Literature 124:1 (2005) 25–40. Read an abstract for this article or download the full text in PDF format from ProQuest Research Library. Note: the PDF file is of extremely poor quality. Bring your eyeglasses.

John Bright, "Has Archaeology Found Evidence for the Flood?" The Biblical Archaeologist 5:4 (1942) 55–62 & 72. Read this article on JSTOR.

John Byron, Review of The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by David M. Goldenberg. Theological Studies 66:4 (2005) 885. Read this book review on ProQuest Research Library Online.

James R. Davila "The Flood Hero as King and Priest" Journal of Near Eastern Studies 54:3 (1995) 199–214. Read this article on JSTOR.

J. A. Emerton "An Examination of Some Attempts to Defend the Unity of the Flood Narrative in Genesis: Part I" Vetus Testamentum 37:4 (1987)401–420. Read this article on: JSTOR.

J. A. Emerton, "An Examination of Some Attempts to Defend the Unity of the Flood Narrative in Genesis: Part II" Vetus Testamentum 38:1 (1988) 1-21. Read this article on : JSTOR.

James George Frazer, "Ancient Stories of a Great Flood," The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 46 (1916) 231–283. Read this lecture on JSTOR.

Tikva Frymer-Kensky, "The Atrahasis Epic and Its Significance for Our Understanding of Genesis 1-9," The Biblical Archaeologist 40:4 (1977) 147–155. Read this article on JSTOR.

Stephen Gero, "The Legend of the Fourth Son of Noah," The Harvard Theological Review 73:1/2 (1980) 321–330. Read this article on JSTOR.

William R. Harper, "The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men. Genesis VI," The Biblical World 3:6 (1894) 440–448. Read this article on JSTOR.

Ronald S. Hendel, "Of Demigods and the Deluge: Toward an Interpretation of Genesis 6:1-4" Journal of Biblical Literature 106:1 (1987) 13-26. Read this article on JSTOR.

S. H. Hooke "Some Parallels with the Gilgamesh Story," Folklore 45:3 (1934) 195–211. Read this article on JSTOR.

Emil G. Kraeling, "The Earliest Hebrew Flood Story," Journal of Biblical Literature 66:3 (1947) 279–293. Read this article on JSTOR.

Emil G. Kraeling, "Xisouthros, Deucalion and the Flood Traditions" Journal of the American Oriental Society 67:3 (1947) 177–183. Read this article on JSTOR.

Emil G. Kraeling, "The Significance and Origin of Gen. 6:1-4," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 6:4 (1947) 193–208. Read this article on JSTOR.

Laurie Maffly-Kipp," Review of Noah's Curse: the Biblical Justification of American Slavery, by Steven R. Haynes. The Christian Century 119:26 (2002) 38–39. Read this book review on ProQuest Research Library.

J. Maxwell Miller, "In the 'Image' and 'Likeness' of God," Journal of Biblical Literature 91:3 (1972) 289–304. Read this article on JSTOR.

R. W. L. Moberly, "Why Did Noah Send out a Raven?" Vetus Testamentum 50:3 (2000) 345–356. Read this article on JSTOR.

W. Muss-Arnolt "The Chaldean Account of the Deluge," The Biblical World 3:2 (1894) 109–118. Read this article on JSTOR.

Lewis Bayles Paton, "Archaeology and the Book of Genesis. III. The Flood. IV. The Origin of Races." The Biblical World 45:3 (1915) 135–145. Read this article on JSTOR.

David L. Petersen, "The Yahwist on the Flood," Vetus Testamentum 26:4 (1976) 438–446. Read this article on JSTOR.

Joseph Poplicha "A Sun Myth in the Babylonian Deluge Story" Journal of the American Oriental Society 47 (1927) 289–301. Read this article on JSTOR.

Robert Segal, Review of The Flood Myth by Alan Dundes, History of Religions 32:1 (1992) 88-90. Read this article on JSTOR.

Ruth E. Simoons-Vermeer, "The Mesopotamian Floodstories: A Comparison and Interpretation" Numen 21:1 (1974) 17–34. Read this article on JSTOR.

Anthony J. Tomasino, "History Repeats Itself: The ''Fall' and Noah's Drunkenness" Vetus Testamentum 42:1 (1992) 128–130. Read this article online at JSTOR.

Laurence A. Turner, "The Rainbow as the Sign of the Covenant in Genesis IX 11-13" Vetus Testamentum 43:1 (1993) 119–124. Read this article on JSTOR.

Kramer Wasilewska, "Gilgamesh," The Oxford Companion to World Mythology (David Leeming, ed.; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004). Read this article on Oxford Reference Online

Gordon J. Wenham, "The Coherence of the Flood Narrative," Vetus Testamentum 28:3 (1978) 336–348. Read this article on JSTOR.

Gordon J. Wenham, "Method in Pentateuchal Source Criticism" Vetus Testamentum 41:1 (1991) 84–109. Read this article on JSTOR.