REL 312: OT Studies — Genesis:
Recommended Readings
Recommended Readings
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Readings for Genesis 10–11
Robert A. Bennett, Jr., "Africa and the Biblical Period," The Harvard Theological Review 64:4 (1971)483–500. Read this article on JSTOR.
Benjamin Braude, "The Sons of Noah and the Construction of Ethnic and Geographical Identities in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods," The William and Mary Quarterly 3rd Ser., 54:1 (1997), pp. 103–142. Read this aricle on JSTOR.
Paul Haupt, "The Beginning of the Babylonian Nimrod Epic," Journal of the American Oriental Society 22 (1901) 7–12. Read this article on JSTOR.
William Creighton Graham, "Babylonian Influence on the Hebrews," a Review of The Tower of Babel by Hugo Gressmann. The Journal of Religion 10:2 (1930) 267–268. Read this article online at JSTOR.
Morris Jastrow, Jr., "The Hamites and Semites in the Tenth Chapter of Genesis," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 43:176 (1904) 173–207. Read this article on JSTOR.
E. G. H. Kraeling "The Tower of Babel," Journal of the American Oriental Society 40 (1920) 276–281. Read this article on JSTOR.
E. G. H. Kraeling, "The Origin and Real Name of Nimrod," The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 38:3 (1922) 214–220. Read this article on JSTOR.
Samuel Noah Kramer, "The "Babel of Tongues": A Sumerian Version," Journal of the American Oriental Society 88:1 (1968), pp. 108-111. Read this article at JSTOR.
Abraham Malamat, "King Lists of the Old Babylonian Period and Biblical Genealogies," Journal of the American Oriental Society 88:1 (1968) 163–173. Read this article online at JSTOR.
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.
Sigmund Mowinckel and William F. Albright, "The Babylonian Matter in the Predeuteronomic Primeval History (JE) in Gen 1-11," Journal of Biblical Literature 58:2 (1939) 87–103. Read this article on JSTOR.
Lewis Bayles Paton, "Archaeology and the Book of Genesis, V. The Sumerians, VI. The Ancient Semites," The Biblical World 45:4 (1915) 202–210. Read this article on JSTOR.
Robert A. Paul, "The Genealogy of Civilization," American Anthropologist NS 100:2 (1998) 387–396. Read this article on JSTOR.
John P. Peters, "The Tower of Babel at Borsippa" Journal of the American Oriental Society 41 (1921) 157–159. Read this article online at JSTOR.
Terry J. Prewitt, "Kinship Structures and the Genesis Genealogies," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 40:2 (1981) 87–98. Read this article on JSTOR.
J. Dyneley Prince, "A Possible Sumerian Original of the Name Nimrod," Journal of the American Oriental Society 40 (1920) 201–203. Read this article on JSTOR.
A. H. Sayce, "The Tenth Chapter of Genesis," Journal of Biblical Literature 44: 3/4 (1925) 193–202. Read this article on JSTOR.
John Alexander Thompson, "Samaritan Evidence for 'All of Them in the Land of Shinar' (Gen 10:10)" Journal of Biblical Literature 90:1 (1971) 99–102. Read this article on JSTOR.
K. van der Toorn and P. W. van der Horst, "Nimrod before and after the Bible," The Harvard Theological Review 83:1 (1990) 1–29. Read this article on JSTOR.
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