THE ANIMAL RITE OF GENESIS 15 IN COMPARATIVE AND CANONICAL PERSPECTIVE by TYLER J. PATTY B.A. Moody Bible Institute, 2013 A RESEARCH PAPER Submitted to Richard E. Averbeck in partial fulfillment of the requirements for course OT 7501-08 “Guided Research — Advanced Exegesis in Genesis” at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Deerfield, Illinois May 2016