This writer's universe is suffused with the Hebrew tradition and her own imaginative mysticism.
However the author here claims to be relating Babylonian tradition, not Hebrew tradition, for whatever that is worth.
In this Gabirol follows strictly in the line of Hebrew tradition.
Before we do so, it may be useful to say a few words about the rationalization of the myths in Hebrew tradition.
For the Speaker, God is powerful but also one of the family, an attitude reflected in ancient Hebrew tradition.
The Christian tradition has one mistake; the Hebrew tradition has the other.
What new light, then, do these old Sumerian records throw on Hebrew traditions concerning the early ages of mankind?
In approaching this particular body of Hebrew traditions, the necessity for some caution will be apparent.
It must be admitted that both Egypt and Babylon bear a bad name in Hebrew tradition.
He argued that a return to ancient Hebrew traditions is not only feasible but necessary.