Reading Genesis: Ten MethodsRonald Hendel Reading Genesis presents a panoramic view of the most vital ways that Genesis is approached in modern scholarship. Essays by ten eminent scholars cover the perspectives of literature, gender, memory, sources, theology, and the reception of Genesis in Judaism and Christianity. Each contribution addresses the history and rationale of the method, insightfully explores particular texts of Genesis, and deepens the interpretive gain of the method in question. These ways of reading Genesis, which include its classic past readings, map out a pluralistic model for understanding Genesis in - and for - the modern age. |
Contents
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Cultural Memory | 28 |
Sources and Redaction | 47 |
Gender and Sexuality | 71 |
InnerBiblical Interpretation | 92 |
Rabbinic Interpretation | 119 |
Interpretation in the Early Church | 136 |
Translation | 157 |
Modern Literature | 176 |
Modern Theology | 196 |
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