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The Influence of 1 Enoch on the New Testament

Explore how 1 Enoch likely shaped the language, imagery, and theology of the New Testament, from the Gospels' Son of Man to Revelation's final judgmen...

The Primordial History: Genesis 1–11 and the Ancient Near East

Explore key narratives in Genesis 1–11, from creation to Babel, compared with their Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Sumerian counterparts to reveal how Is...

Melammu: Divine Radiance in the Ancient Near East and Biblical Traditions

Explore how Melammu, the awe-inspiring radiance of gods and kings in ancient Mesopotamia, originated in the overwhelming brightness of the sun and sta...

Beauty and Divine Favor in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible

Explore how ancient Near Eastern royal ideology connected physical beauty to divine election and how this influenced the Hebrew Bible. This concept is...

The Divine Council and the Development of Bureaucracy

Explore how the biblical divine council evolved from an informal council of gods into a structured divine administration, and how its evolution follow...

The Solar and Lunar Calendar Debate

Explore how communities debated whether the sun or the moon should govern the festival year, from the solar calendar of 1 Enoch and Jubilees through t...

The World Tree in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Traditions

Explore how the image of a great tree at the center of the world was inherited from Mesopotamian myth into the Hebrew Bible and reshaped by later Jewi...

The Influence of Philo of Alexandria

Explore how the first-century Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria read the Torah through Greek philosophy, and how the concepts he developed influe...

From the Tablet of Destinies to the Book of Life

Explore how the Mesopotamian idea of divine tablets that tracked everyone's destiny evolved through the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Jewish literature,...

Protecting Widows, Orphans, and the Poor

Explore how the social obligation to protect the most vulnerable members of society evolved from ancient Near Eastern culture into the Hebrew Bible, p...

Highlighted Texts

New Testament

Acts 2:3 / Sirach 36:6

Classical

Josephus Antiquities of the Jews 1.7.1 / Genesis Rabbah 38:14

Matching Reference Citations

Hebrew Bible

Daniel 12:3 / 1 Enoch 104:2 Deuteronomy 32:24 / Habakkuk 3:5 Genesis 11:3 / Isaiah 9:10 Zechariah 9:10 / Psalm 72:8 Leviticus 19:26 / 1 Samuel 14:32 Habakkuk 3:5 / Jeremiah 14:12 Jeremiah 16:4 / Ezekiel 29:5 Deuteronomy 4:2 / Proverbs 30:6 Genesis 9:5 / Exodus 21:28 Genesis 11:31 / Isaiah 51:2 Exodus 8:6 / Revelation 16:13 Leviticus 26:29 / Lamentations 4:10 Leviticus 26:29 / Lamentations 2:20 1 Kings 4:25 / Micah 4:4 Jeremiah 27:16 / 2 Chronicles 36:7 Deuteronomy 12:5 / 2 Samuel 7:13 Genesis 6:15 / 1 Kings 6:2 Deuteronomy 28:30 / Isaiah 62:8 Ezekiel 2:2 / 1 Enoch 14:24 Deuteronomy 33:2 / Isaiah 60:2 Deuteronomy 18:10 / Isaiah 47:12 Genesis 6:3 / Neofiti Genesis 6:3 Genesis 8:22 / 1 Enoch 55:1 Genesis 6:6 / 1 Enoch 55:2 Deuteronomy 12:32 / Proverbs 30:6 Genesis 11:3 / Jeremiah 51:25 Exodus 31:2 / 1 Kings 7:14 Exodus 15:21 / Micah 7:19 1 Kings 10:2 / Psalm 72:15 Deuteronomy 7:13 / Haggai 1:11 Numbers 18:26 / Nehemiah 10:38 Joshua 24:2 / Jubilees 12:2 Numbers 22:5 / Joshua 13:22 Amos 5:26 / 4Q266 Genesis 49:25 / Amos 9:2 2 Kings 25:13 / 2 Chronicles 36:7 Ezekiel 8:16 / LXX Ezekiel 8:16 Genesis 15:5 / Nehemiah 9:23

Ancient Near East

Enuma Elish VI / Genesis 9:13 Epic of Gilgamesh Sippar Tablet / Ecclesiastes 9:7 Eridu Genesis / Genesis 6:13 KTU I.2 / Psalm 82:1 Enuma Elish I / Daniel 7:2 Enuma Elish IV / Daniel 7:9 Enuma Elish IV / Daniel 7:14 Enuma Elish IV / Daniel 7:10 Legend of Keret II / Jeremiah 19:13 Epic of Gilgamesh XI / Genesis 8:21 Epic of Gilgamesh XI / Genesis 6:14 Epic of Gilgamesh XI / Genesis 7:1 Epic of Gilgamesh XI / Genesis 9:15 Atrahasis / Genesis 7:1 Atrahasis / Genesis 6:14 Atrahasis / Genesis 7:16 Atrahasis / Genesis 7:8 Eridu Genesis / Genesis 7:3 Eridu Genesis / Genesis 7:10 Eridu Genesis / Genesis 2:7 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 307 / Lamentations 1:11 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 393 / Lamentations 1:10 Song of the Hoe / Genesis 1:6 Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta / Genesis 11:1 Enuma Elish IV / Isaiah 45:12 Epic of Gilgamesh XI / Ezekiel 14:21 Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser 1 / Ezekiel 32:5 Epic of Gilgamesh I / Ezekiel 16:15 KK 17.37 K.3372+5241 / 1 Samuel 28:13 Epic of Gilgamesh VI / Psalm 82:1 Epic of Gilgamesh VII / Psalm 82:1 KAI 26.iii / Psalm 82:1 Legend of Keret / Deuteronomy 10:18 KTU 1.3 / Exodus 15:8 KTU 1.14 / Deuteronomy 33:2 Code of Hammurabi / Exodus 20:24 A Prayer to Nabu / Psalm 139:16 Surpu II / Deuteronomy 23:23 Surpu II / Isaiah 29:13 Emar Saharsubbu / Leviticus 14:3 Surpu II / Psalm 78:35 Surpu IV / Isaiah 35:3 Surpu IV / Psalm 146:8 Surpu II / Psalm 15:4 Epic of Gilgamesh I / Genesis 25:25 KTU 1.20 / Jeremiah 16:5 The Creation of the King / Genesis 1:26 Epic of Gilgamesh VII / 1 Enoch 22:2 Sumerian King List 1:1 / Genesis 5:1 Sumerian King List 1:8 / Genesis 5:21 Sumerian King List 1:9 / Genesis 5:28 Epic of Gilgamesh V / Ezekiel 31:3 Enki and Ninhursag / Ezekiel 47:1 Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta / Pseudo Hippolytus Easter Homily 1:5 Atrahasis / Genesis 1:28 Atrahasis / Genesis 6:13 Adapa and the South Wind 4 / Genesis 5:24 The Dream of Gudea / Daniel 2:28

Septuagint

LXX Deuteronomy 2:5 / Acts 7:5

Dead Sea Scrolls

1QH 14 / Matthew 5:16

Deuterocanon

Wisdom of Solomon 16:13 / Matthew 16:18 Judith 5:8 / Jubilees 12:7 Tobit 6:6 / 1 Enoch 21:4

Pseudepigrapha

Jubilees 30:19 / Luke 10:20 1 Enoch 60:7 / Jude 1:14

Texts in Conversation

Hebrew Bible

Deuteronomy 4:2 / Proverbs 30:6 Jeremiah 27:16 / 2 Chronicles 36:7 Genesis 9:5 / Exodus 21:28 Deuteronomy 19:14 / Proverbs 23:10 Deuteronomy 12:32 / Proverbs 30:6 Genesis 6:6 / 1 Enoch 55:2 Genesis 8:22 / 1 Enoch 55:1 Genesis 11:31 / Isaiah 51:2 Amos 5:26 / 4Q266 Ezekiel 8:16 / LXX Ezekiel 8:16

Ancient Near East

Epic of Gilgamesh XI / Genesis 8:7 Atrahasis / Genesis 6:14 Summa Alu 104 / Gittin 70a The Sargon Legend / Exodus 2:3 Enuma Elish IV / Isaiah 45:12 Epic of Gilgamesh VI / Ezekiel 8:14 Epic of Gilgamesh VI / Genesis 7:11 KK 17.37 K.3372+5241 / 1 Samuel 28:13 KAR 58 / Psalm 24:7 KAR 307 / Exodus 24:10 Dialogue Between a Man and his God / Psalm 26:2 Code of Hammurabi / Exodus 22:22 Code of Ur Nammu / Deuteronomy 10:18 Code of Ur Nammu / Exodus 22:22 The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer / Lamentations 3:22 Enuma Anu Enlil / Joshua 10:13 Surpu II / Psalm 78:35 Epic of Gilgamesh V / Ezekiel 28:13 Enki and Ninhursag / Ezekiel 47:1 The Building of Ningirsu Temple / Daniel 4:10 Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta / Ezekiel 31:3 Adapa and the South Wind 4 / Genesis 5:24

Deuterocanon

Judith 5:8 / Jubilees 12:7

Pseudepigrapha

Jubilees 3:31 / 1 Enoch 103:2

Matching Tags

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Glossary Terms

Akkad Ancient Near East Apkallu Assyria Babylon Cuneiform Enki Hittite Lamassu Melammu Mesopotamia Mesopotamian Seleucid Sumer Uruk Ziggurat

Articles

Be Wary of Minimalism and Maximalism

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Intertextuality and Parallelomania

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Biblical Texts Require the Tools of Historiography

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Reference Library

2 Enoch and the Trajectories of Jewish Cosmology: From Mesopotamian Astronomy to Greco-Egyptian Philosophy in Roman Egypt

Reed, Annette Yoshiko • Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, No. 22 • 2014

A Study of Frog-Shaped Artefacts in Mesopotamia

Tsuneki, Mai • Al-Rafidan, Vol. 44 • 2023

Auguries of Hegemony: The Sex Omens of Mesopotamia

Guinan, Ann Kessler • Gender & History, Vol. 9, No. 3 • 1997

Food Prohibition and Dietary Regulations in Ancient Mesopotamia

Ermidoro, Stefania • Aula Orientalis 32/1 • 2014

Lamentations: A Comparison Between Mesopotamia and Judea

Filarski, Wered • Jewish Bible Quarterly 45, No. 2 • 2017

Mesopotamia and the Bible

Pitard, Wayne T. • Baker Academic • 2002

Mesopotamian Civilization and the Origins of the New Testament

Baker, Robin • Cambridge University Press • 2022

Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography

Horowitzh, Wayne • Eisenbrauns • 1998

Poetic Astronomy in the Ancient Near East: The Reflexes of Celestial Science in Ancient Mesopotamian, Ugaritic, and Israelite Narrative

Cooley, Jeffrey L. • Eisenbrauns • 2013

Sin and Sanction in Israel and Mesopotamia: A Comparative Study

Toorn, Karel van der • Van Gorcum • 1985

The Book of Ezekiel and Mesopotamian City Laments

Petter, Donna Lee • Academic Press Fribourg • 2011

'The Learned Savant Who Guards the Secrets of the Great Gods': Evolution of the Roles and Titles of the Seventh Antediluvian Hero in Mesopotamian and Enochic Traditions: Part II: Enochic Traditions

Orlov, Andrei • Gorgias Press • 2009

The Mesopotamian Context of Ezekiel

Bodi, Daniel • Oxford University Press • 2018

The Mesopotamian Influence behind the Tower of Babel

Uehlinger, Christoph • Bible Odyssey • 2020

Tracking the Master Scribe: Revision Through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature

Carr, David McLain • Oxford University Press • 2020

Wisdom Literature in Mesopotamia and Israel

Greenstein, Edward L. • Society of Biblical Literature • 2007

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