Bereshit and Hesiod in Dialogue
The Dependence of Gen 1:1 on Theogony 45
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21571249 |
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| Authors | Jan M Kozlowski (0000-0003-0760-6120, Jan Marcin Kozlowski is the Head of the Department of Classical Literatures and Languages and an Associate Professor in the Institute of Classical Philology at the University of Warsaw, Poland.), J M D Kozlowski (Society for Classical Studies), Dawid Opala (Dawid Opala is an independent Scholar, Warsaw, Poland.) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 146-152 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Toronto Journal of Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0826-9831 • E-ISSN: 1918-6371 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/tjt-2025-0023 |
| OpenAlex | W7117161750 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The formal and conceptual parallels between Hesiod's Theogony ( Th.) 45 and Gen 1:1 are so significant that the most plausible explanation is a genetic relationship between the two texts. Under this hypothesis, the dependence of Gen 1:1 on Th. 45 is far more likely than the reverse. Viewed in this light, Gen 1:1 emerges as a polemical paraphrase of Th. 45
Hesiod · Intertextuality · Parallels · Paraphrase · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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