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Made in the image of god: the creation of ???: the commissioning of the king and the chaoskampf of YHWH (2016)
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Crouch, C. (2016). Made in the image of god: the creation of ???: the commissioning of the king and the chaoskampf of YHWH. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1163/15692124-12341277

This article suggests that Genesis 1 and Psalms 8, 18 and 89 reflect a mythological tradition which described the creation of the human king as YHWH’s counterpart in the divine battle against chaos. The residual royal features of the narrative of the... Read More about Made in the image of god: the creation of ???: the commissioning of the king and the chaoskampf of YHWH.