Because It Had Rained: A Study of Genesis 2:5-7 with ...

into the polemical theology of Genesis 1-2. Genesis 1-2 serves, among other purposes, as a polemic against Canaanite Baalism. In sum, Gen 2:4-25 and Gen 1:1-2:3 are topical accounts that polemicize against Baalism, because it had rained.4 I. The Argument of Gen 2:5-7 Many of the details of Gen 2:5-7 have been studied and correctly inter- ................
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