창세기 원역사(1:1-11:9)의 내러티브 재구성

This article is intended to study the recomposed narrative of the Primeval History (1:1-11:9) in the Book of Genesis. Until now, there have been constant discussions on the interpretation of the Primeval History through historico-cricital and literary critical approaches. However, depending on how this part is defined, the angle of understanding of the Primeval History can be changed. I would like to support the opinion that the history of Primeval in Genesis 1-11 should be confined to verse 9. As a result of the story of the Tower of Babel, people are scattered due to language differentiation, which is linked to the theme of increased sinfulness according to the repetition of growth, increase in number, and multiply on the earth. In addition, a new family was formed by Terah and his son, Abraham, in the list of Shem genealogy that appeared in verse 10 and the genealogy began. Genesis 1-11 presents the conversion of discourse and the application of storytelling as two ways to understand the primeval history structure and to reconstruct narratives. First, the literary structure of the primeval history of Genesis 1-11 is a symmetrical structure (ABCB′A′) consisting of a mise-en-abyme. AA′ is composed of creation and home, recreation and diffusion, BB′ is death due to brotherhood murder, flood judgment, and the inside C is Adam Toledoth, full of human sin, and Noah Toledoth. This corresponds to the technique of “Ostranenie, defamilization” and “a story within a story.” Second, the application of storytelling is to reconstruct the literary structure of narrative technique in the story within a story in consideration of the narratives context, the plot, and order. These are composed of five organic linkages; “beginning development-crisis-climax-ending.” The results of this literary structure and narrative reconstruction make us realize that Genesis 1-11 plays a key role as an important stepping stone to not only the patriarchal history that follows, but also the metanarrative.