A Suitable Match: Eve, Enkidu, and the Boundaries of Humanity in the Eden Narrative and the Epic of Gilgamesh

Juxtaposing the shared emphasis on the basic human need for companionship in the Eden Narrative and the Epic of Gilgamesh provides new insight, both into how the texts respectively present companionship and into the issues of anthropology and gender that have previously distracted readers from this...

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Auteur principal: Kynes, Will 1981- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Univ. Press 2023
Dans: Harvard theological review
Année: 2023, Volume: 116, Numéro: 4, Pages: 491-513
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Bibel. Genesis 2-3 / Gilgamesch-Epos / Anthropologie / Sexe / Partenariat
RelBib Classification:BC Religions du Proche-Orient ancien
HB Ancien Testament
NBE Anthropologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Wisdom
B Epic of Gilgamesh
B Intertextuality
B Anthropology
B Gender
B Genesis 2–3
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Résumé:Juxtaposing the shared emphasis on the basic human need for companionship in the Eden Narrative and the Epic of Gilgamesh provides new insight, both into how the texts respectively present companionship and into the issues of anthropology and gender that have previously distracted readers from this theme. Focus on parallels between Eve and Shamhat, who initiates Enkidu into human civilization, has obscured Eve’s resonance with Enkidu, created to be a match for Gilgamesh, as Eve was for Adam. The match created for the semidivine Gilgamesh is the male, semibestial Enkidu; however, Adam’s "helper" is a female, explicitly contrasted with the animals, and "bone of [his] bones and flesh of [his] flesh." Though the heroes of the epic constantly struggle at the boundaries of human existence, the Eden Narrative depicts humans, male and female, together created distinct from god and animal, though likewise compelled to acknowledge their limitations.
ISSN:1475-4517
Contient:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816023000299