Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

Creation Myths in the Ancient World

Jul 11, 2023

51:10

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Creation Story in the Book of Genesis

2min

The 11 Places of Genesis

2min

The Seven Day Creation of Climaxes

2min

The Separation of Light and Darkness in Genesis One

2min

The Sabbath

2min

The Seven Days of Creation

2min

The Day of Creation

2min

The Progression of Creation

2min

10.

The Woman's Subservience

2min

11.

The Origins of Adam and Eve

2min

12.

The Disadvantages of Divine Names

2min

13.

The Relationship Between Adonai and Adama

3min

14.

The Later Story of Genesis One

3min

15.

The Dilemma of the Jewish Bible

5min

16.

The Babylonian Creation Ethos

4min

17.

The Separation of Chaos and Order in the Creation Story

2min

18.

The Battle of Elohim in a Numa Elish

2min

19.

The Origins of Creation

2min

20.

The Importance of Genesis 1 in Mesopotamia

3min

21.

The Temple of Marduk in Genesis 1

2min

22.

The Historical Situatedness of Genesis 1 Affects the Reading of It

2min

In this special edition of the podcast Bart interviews Joseph Lam, an expert on the languages, religions, and cultures of the Ancient Near East (and Bart's colleague at UNC), who has just produced a Wondrium Course on the Creation Stories in the Ancient World. Among other things they talk about the reasons for thinking Genesis contains two very different creation stories (side by side) and how other older stories from Mesopotamia appear to have influenced the author(s) of Genesis.