Topic Story	J/E	P	Enuma Elish	Rg Veda
chaos	dry desert: no rain yet	Tehom / watery chaos	watery chaos / Tiamat and Apsu co-mingling	non-existence / meaninglessness/ Purusha
understanding of God / generative power	Creator - Artisan	Omnipotent Creator	multiple Deities; after initital fight: Marduk as supreme lord	Creator is creation (even Gods are subsequent to this)
act of creating	creation with hands: God forms, breathes life, plants garden	creation by divine fiat; creation via separation	creation by decree	creation through sacrifice
human's role	human is gardener, artisan, participates in creation by naming...	human is priest or controller, has "dominion" over creation	human is subservient subject to monarchic rule in interest of order	human is assigned to caste, but perspective of oneness of all
hierarchies	gender: woman derivative	animal kingdom	hierarchy among deities, by extension: humans	four varnas
other structures	structure of universe	structure of time (week)	structure of universe	structure of universe
human conduct, ritual	obedience	Sabbath	New Year festival	sacrifice

Anthropology: What does it mean to be human?

partaking in breath of God (nephesh) human has soul

"in the image of God;" partaking in divine essence

humans as servants to the Gods

Purusha is Person / Universe: atman is brahman

Further questions: Etiologies in these cosmogonies? Perception of time as progressive / linear - repetitious / circular ? Claims on Geography, or a psychological - theological axis mundi (Babylon, Eden and the tree of Life)?