The Hebrew Bible: Genesis 6-9 and Job

I. The Bible as Sacred Text

• The Names of God
• J, E, P, D, and the Redactor
• The Mosaic Tradition

II. Genesis 6-9: The Flood

• Noah, Utnapishtim, and Atrahasis
• Noah and God
• The Covenant

III. The Creation

• “Let there be light.”
• The Seven Days
• In His Image
• Human Humus
• Adam, Adamah
• The Expulsion
  

IV. Cain and Abel

• Blessings
• Division of Labor
• “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
• The Wanderer
• The Mark of Cain
  

V. The Flood

• Noah, Utnapishtim, and Atrahasis
• Noah
• God
• The Covenant
• The Sign
  

VI. The Patriarchs

• Lot and His Wife
• Abraham and Isaac
• Jacob and Esau
• Joseph and His Brothers
• Dealings with Egyptians
• The Beginning of Politics
• The Meaning of Dreams