Genesis
By: Bill T. Arnold.
Series: New Cambridge Bible commentary
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780521806077; 9780521000673
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Genesis -- Commentaries
Description: This commentary is an innovative interpretation of one of the most profound texts of world literature: the book of Genesis. This new commentary combines older critical approaches with the latest rhetorical methodologies to yield fresh interpretations accessible to scholars, clergy, teachers, seminarians, and interested laypeople. It explains important concepts and terms as expressed in the Hebrew original so that both people who know Hebrew and those who do not will be able to follow the discussion. "Closer Look" sections examine Genesis in the context of cultures of the Ancient Near East. "Bridging the Horizons" sections enable the reader to see the enduring relevance of the book in the twenty-first century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Structure and content; title: Composition; title: Theology; title: Suggested readings on Genesis; title: Commentaries; title: Literary studies; title: Feminist studies; title: Sociological and anthropological studies; title: Additional monographs and articles of interest; title: Commentary part one: the primeval history: Genesis 1-11; title: Genesis 1:1-2:3 : creation overture; title: Genesis 2:4; title: 3:24 : human origins, part 1: the garden of paradise; title: Genesis 4:1-26 : human origins, part 2: Cain, Abel, and the first human institutions; title: Genesis 5:1-32 : the scroll of Adam's descendants; title: Genesis 6:1-8 : divine-human marriages, and reasons for the flood; title: Genesis 6:9; title: 9:29 : the great flood; title: Genesis 10:1-32 : table of nations; title: Genesis 11:1-9 : the Tower of Babel; title: Genesis 11:10-26 : genealogy of Shem; title: Commentary part two : ancestral narratives : Genesis 12-50; title: Genesis 11:27; title: 12:9 : call of Abram; title: Genesis 12:10-20 : sojourn in Egypt; title: Genesis 13:1-18 : Abram and Lot separate; title: Genesis 14:1-24 : the battle of Siddim Valley and its aftermath; title: Genesis 15:1-21 : promises confirmed by word and covenant; title: Genesis 16:1-16 : Hagar and Ishmael; title: Genesis 17:1-27 : covenant details; title: Genesis 18:1-19:38 : Yahweh visits Hebron, then Sodom and Gomorrah; title: Genesis 20:1-18 : Abraham and Abimelech, King of Gerar; title: Genesis 21:1-34 : Isaac, Ishmael, and the covenant at Beer-Sheba; title: Genesis 22:1-24 : the testing of Abraham; title: Genesis 23:1-20 : death of Sarah; title: Genesis 24:1-67 : the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah; title: Genesis 25:1-18 : death of Abraham; title: Genesis 25:19-34 : Jacob and Esau; title: Genesis 26:1-35 : Isaac the patriarch; title: Genesis 27:1-46 : Jacob steals Esau's blessing; title: Genesis 28:1-22 : Jacob at Bethel; title: Genesis 29:1; title: 31:55 : Jacob in Paddan-Aram; title: Genesis 32:1-32 : Jacob at the Jabbok; title: Genesis 33:1-20 : Jacob and Esau meet; title: Genesis 34:1-31 : Shechem and Dinah; title: Genesis 35:1-29 : Jacob's return to Bethel and to Isaac; title: Genesis 36:1-43 : Esau the father of Edom; title: Genesis 37:1-36 : Joseph and his brothers; title: Genesis 38:1-30 : Judah and Tamar; title: Genesis 39:1-23 : Joseph in Potiphar's house; title: Genesis 40:1-41:57 : master of dreams, master of Egypt; title: Genesis 42:1-45:28 : the sons of Jacob are reunited; title: Genesis 46:1-47:31 : Jacob settles in Goshen; title: Genesis 48:1-22 : Jacob blesses Ephraim and Manasseh; title: Genesis 49:1-33 : the twelve tribes of Israel; title: Genesis 50:1-26 : burial of Jacob and death of Joseph.