The cosmology as described in the creation account in Gen 1:1–2:4a has occasioned endless commentary. One of the more perceptive studies of this text was published by Baruch Halpern in 2003. In this article, I review Halpern’s argument and add evidence from iconography at Ugarit. The Baal Stele (Louvre catalog number AO 15775), in which the deity holds lightning and stands with the king, also displays a cosmology that has intriguing connections with Halpern’s thesis about an “expanse of the earth.” After connecting Halpern’s thesis to this visual representation of cosmology from Ugarit, I explore the ways in which both text and image are mutually illuminating and help to interpret one another, extending the analysis to so-called Deutero-Isaiah and Ps 136 as well.

创世记1：1-2：4a中的创造论中描述的宇宙论引起了无休止的评论。Baruch Halpern于2003年发表了一篇对本文更具有洞察力的研究。在本文中，我回顾了Halpern的论点，并从Ugarit的肖像学中添加了证据。巴尔·斯蒂尔（卢浮宫产品目录编号AO 15775）中，神举着闪电，与国王站在一起，它还展示出一种宇宙学，与哈珀恩关于“大地的扩张”的论点有着千丝万缕的联系。将哈珀恩的论文与Ugarit的这种宇宙学的视觉表示联系起来之后，我探索了文本和图像相互照亮并相互解释的方式，并将分析范围扩展到了所谓的Deutero-Isaiah和Ps 136。