Creation and Chaos in the Primeval Era and the Eschaton

<DIV>Foreword by Peter Machinist<br><br>Hermann Gunkel's groundbreaking <I>Schöpfung und Chaos</I> originally published in German in 1895 is here translated in its entirety into English for the first time. Even though available only in German this work by Gunkel has had a profound influence on modern biblical scholarship.<br><br>Discovering a number of parallels between the biblical creation accounts and a Babylonian creation account the <I>Enuma Elish</I> Gunkel argues that ancient Babylonian traditions shaped the Hebrew people's perceptions both of God's creative activity at the beginning of time and of God's re-creative activity at the end of time.<br><br>Including illuminating introductory pieces by eminent scholar Peter Machinist and by translator K. William Whitney Gunkel's <I>Creation and Chaos</I> will appeal to serious students and scholars in the area of biblical studies.</DIV>