Who Was Nimrod?

Episode 2 Extras: Who Was Nimrod?
Was Nimrod based on a historical individual? Does the brief story of Nimrod in Genesis 10 provide enough clues to figure out who he was? See how the Bible and history connect in this follow-up to my video on the Tower of Babel.

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Contents
0:00 Logo
0:05 Prologue: Can Nimrod be identified?
0:52 The Puzzling Nimrod Passage
1:52 Nimrod: God or Man?
2:40 Nimrod: Son of Cush?
3:50 The Legend of Nimrod
6:02 King of Kish, King of the World
8:15 The King as Hunter
8:57 Biblical Parallels with Mesopotamian Myths
10:06 End card and Easter egg

Work cited:
⦾ Burkitt, F. C. “Note on the Table of Nations (Genesis X)”.The Journal of Theological Studies, old series, 21/2 (1920).
⦾ Knohl, Israel. “Nimrod Son of Cush, King of Mesopotamia, and the Dates of P and J”, in V. A. Hurowitz (ed.) Birkat Shalom, S. Paul Jubilee Volume. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Indiana, 2008.
⦾ Levin, Yigal, “Nimrod the Mighty, King of Kish, King of Sumer and Akkad”, Vetus Testamentum 52/3, 2002.
⦾ van der Toorn, K. and P. W. van der Horst. “Nimrod Before and After the Bible”. Harvard Theological Review 83/01 (Jan 1990).

Additional reading:
⦾ van der Kooij, Arie. “The City of Babel and Assyrian Imperialism: Genesis 11:1–9 Interpreted in the Light of Mesopotamian Sources”. Congress Volume Leiden 2004, 2006
⦾ Steinkeller, Piotr. “Early Political Development in Mesopotamia and the Origins of the Sargonic Empire”, in Akkad: The First World Empire : Structure, Ideology, Traditions, 1993.
⦾ Maeda, Tohru. “‘King of Kish’ in Pre-Sargonic Sumer”. Orient 17 (1981).

Production credits:
Written, animated, edited, and narrated by Paul Davidson.
Music by Scott Buckley (www.scottbuckley.com.au).
All photographs, art, and film footage are public domain or are used in accordance with Fair Use provisions.

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