Genre of Genealogy: A comparative study in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures

By: Br. Gilbert Joseph Bloomer

“It is a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors." — Plutarch.

Genealogy has always been a fascination to me since I was a teenager and I am one of those strange creatures that loves reading the genealogies of the Bible.[1] However in choosing this genre in the Hebrew Bible I soon found that information on its parallels in Ancient Near Eastern literature is an area that seems to have been neglected.
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