num_pages: 232
description: Joseph Blenkinsopp provides a new commentary on Genesis 1-11 the so-called 'Primeval History' in which the account of creation is given.Blenkinsopp works with the conviction that from a biblical point of view creation cannot be restricted to a single event nor to two versions of an event (as depicted in Genesis 1-3) but rather must take in the whole period of creation arranged in the creation - uncreation - recreation (as can be derived from Genesis 1-11).Through the course of the commentary presented in continuous discussion rather than in a rigid verse-by-verse form Blenkinsopp takes into account pre-modern interpretations of the texts especially in the Jewish interpretative tradition as well as modern historical-critical interpretations. Blenkinsopp works from the perspective of acknowledging the text's literary integrity as an 'authored' work rather than focusing simply on the its background in various sources (whilst of course paying due attention to those sources). This enables Blenkinsopp's engaging discussion to focus upon the literary and theological artistry of the material at hand.
language: English
title: Creation, Uncreation, Recreation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1–11
publisher: T & T Clark International