Format:
XXIII, 763 S.
ISBN:
9789004226531
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9004226532
Series Statement:
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 152
Content:
Written by leading experts in the field, The Book of Genesis: Composition, Reception, and Interpretation offers a wide-ranging treatment of the main aspects of Genesis study. Its twenty-nine essays fall under four main sections. The first section contains studies of a more general nature, including the history of Genesis in critical study, Genesis in literary and historical study, as well as the function of Genesis in the Pentateuch. The second section contains commentary on or interpretation of specific passages (or sections) of Genesis, as well as essays on its formation, genres, and themes.. read more
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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The study of the book of Genesis: the beginning of critical reading / Jean-Louis SkaGenesis in the Pentateuch / Konrad Schmid -- Historical context / Ronald S. Hendel -- Literary analysis / Robert S. Kawashima -- The formation of the primeval history / Jan Christian Gertz -- Food and the first family: a socioeconomic perspective / Carol L. Meyers -- Abraham traditions in the Hebrew Bible outside the book of Genesis / Thomas Romer -- The Jacob tradition / Erhard Blum -- Genesis 37-50: Joseph story or Jacob story? / Richard J. Clifford -- Joseph and wisdom / Michael V. Fox -- How the compiler of the Pentateuch worked: the composition of Genesis 37 / Baruch J. Schwartz -- The world of the family in Genesis / Naomi A. Steinberg -- Genesis in Josephus / Christopher T. Begg -- Cain and Abel in Second Temple literature and beyond / John Byron -- Genesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Sidnie White Crawford -- Genesis and Its reception in Jubilees / C.T.R. Hayward -- Textual and translation Issues in Greek Genesis / Robert J.V. Hiebert -- When the beginning is the end: the place of Genesis in the commentaries of Philo / Gregory E. Sterling -- The reception of Genesis in Pseudo-Philo's Liber antiquitatum Biblicarum / Rhonda J. Burnette-Bletsch -- Genesis in the New Testament / Craig A. Evans -- Genesis in Aramaic: the example of Chapter 22 / Bruce Chilton -- The Vetus Latina and the Vulgate of the book of Genesis / David L. Everson -- Genesis in Syriac / Jerome A. Lund -- The Fathers on Genesis / Andrew Louth -- Genesis in rabbinic interpretation / Burton L. Visotzky -- Genesis, the Qur'an and Islamic interpretation / Carol Bakhos -- The theology of Genesis / Joel S. Kaminsky -- Genesis in the context of Jewish thought / Marvin A. Sweeney -- Genesis and ecology / Terence E. Fretheim.
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The study of the book of Genesis: the beginning of critical reading
,
Genesis in the Pentateuch
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Historical context
,
Literary analysis
,
The formation of the primeval history
,
Food and the first family: a socioeconomic perspective
,
Abraham traditions in the Hebrew Bible outside the book of Genesis
,
The Jacob tradition
,
Genesis 37-50: Joseph story or Jacob story?
,
Joseph and wisdom
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How the compiler of the Pentateuch worked: the composition of Genesis 37
,
The world of the family in Genesis
,
Genesis in Josephus
,
Cain and Abel in Second Temple literature and beyond
,
Genesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls
,
Genesis and Its reception in Jubilees
,
Textual and translation Issues in Greek Genesis
,
When the beginning is the end: the place of Genesis in the commentaries of Philo
,
The reception of Genesis in Pseudo-Philo's Liber antiquitatum Biblicarum
,
Genesis in the New Testament
,
Genesis in Aramaic: the example of Chapter 22
,
The Vetus Latina and the Vulgate of the book of Genesis
,
Genesis in Syriac
,
The Fathers on Genesis
,
Genesis in rabbinic interpretation
,
Genesis, the Qur'an and Islamic interpretation
,
The theology of Genesis
,
Genesis in the context of Jewish thought
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Genesis and ecology
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004226579
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004226579
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Bibel Genesis
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Bibel Altes Testament
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Komposition
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Bibel Altes Testament
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Rezeption
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Evans, Craig A. 1952-
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