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The College Press NIV Commentary Series on the Old Testament is a multivolume work, providing clear exposition of each biblical book. This volume, The Old Testament Introduction, focuses on each individual book of the Old Testament and gives specifics on their authorship, date and purpose. The Old Testament Introduction provides an excellent starting point for any in-depth Bible book study or...

record how Ptah brought the world into existence by pronouncing the name of everything, whereas the potter God, Khnum, formed mankind on his potter’s wheel. Similarly, in the Mesopotamian material the wild man Enkidu is formed from clay. In the Genesis account man is the climax of creation, created in God’s image to rule over it in a manner similar to God’s rule over the universe. In the Enuma Elish man is created as a slave from a god’s blood so the gods will not have to work.2 The Tree of Life
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