How to Read Genesis
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Preface | 13 |
READING GENESIS WITH A STRATEGY | 17 |
Understanding the Book of Beginnings | 19 |
READING GENESIS AS LITERATURE | 41 |
Who Wrote Genesis? | 43 |
The Shape of the Book of Genesis | 59 |
READING GENESIS IN ITS OWN WORLD | 69 |
The Primeval History Genesis 111 | 101 |
The Patriarchal Narratives Genesis 1236 | 126 |
The Joseph Story Genesis 3750 | 149 |
READING GENESIS AS CHRISTIANS | 163 |
The Christological Difference | 165 |
Commentaries on the Book of Genesis | 177 |
Notes | 181 |
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Myth or History? Genesis and the Enuma Elish | 71 |
Noah and Utnapishtim Whose Flood Story Should We Trust? | 81 |
Abraham and Nuzi Patriarchal Customs in Their Cultural Context | 88 |
READING GENESIS AS GODS STORY | 99 |
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