ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1987.tb00848.x CREATION IN THE BIBLICAL TRADITION Brooke George J. 02 06 1987 22 2 10.1111/zygo.1987.22.issue-2 227 248

Abstract. This paper summarizes the current state of the debates in biblical criticism concerning the nature of Genesis, the genre and setting in life of Genesis l:l–2:4a, and the reasons for the continuing significance of creation motifs in the biblical period. In identifying creation as a vital part of the traditions associated variously with the cult, with wisdom, and with prophecy (even in its later scribal and eschatological forms), Genesis 1: l–2:4a is seen to be the necessary description of how the particularity of Israel is dependent on God, of how humanity is privileged, and of how hope is tinged with judgment.

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