10-22-2019, 10:47 AM
(10-22-2019, 10:05 AM)rocky164 Wrote: In response to Kamm and the Babylonian description of creation:
Much of early Genesis (not just creation, at least through the flood account and possibly through the tower of Babel) can be viewed as a polemic against the Babylonian narrative
Absolutely, Genesis 1-11 is highly polemic against Babylon. Yet I would say the entirety of the Biblical narrative is a polemic against Babylon (see Revelation). Babylon was the first human civilization and therefore comes to represent all of Civilization (including Egypt, Assyria, Rome, Persia, Greece, etc). The Bible is a pro-creation, anti-Civilization narrative from beginning to end. You also see this in the pro-shepherd (Abel) vs anti-farmer (Cain) narratives as well.