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| Editor's Preface | |
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| Publisher's Preface | |
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| Author's Preface | |
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| To the Student | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Before You Begin ... | |
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| Encountering God's Creation (Genesis 1-11) | |
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| The Grandeur of God's Perfect Creation (1:1-2:3) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| How Did It All Begin? Details of Genesis 1 | |
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| The Recurring Creation Formula | |
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| The Symmetry of Genesis 1 | |
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| The Role of Genesis 1:1-2 | |
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| Significance of Genesis 1 | |
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| Sovereignty of God | |
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| Goodness of Creation | |
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| Role of Humankind | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| The History of the First Human Family (2:4-4:26) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| What's Different about Genesis 2-4? | |
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| Events inside the Garden of Eden (2-3) | |
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| Adam and Eve in the Garden (2) | |
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| Adam and Eve Expelled from the Garden (3) | |
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| Events outside the Garden of Eden (4) | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| What's Wrong with This Picture? | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Who Were Israel's Neighbors? | |
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| The Mesopotamians | |
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| The Egyptians | |
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| Peoples of Syria-Palestine | |
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| Ancient Theories of Creation and Early Human History | |
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| Ancient Near Eastern Parallels to Genesis 1 | |
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| Egypt | |
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| Mesopotamia | |
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| Ancient Near Eastern Parallels to the Themes of Genesis 2-4 | |
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| Israel: A Picture, a Mirror, or a Window? | |
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| Significance for Modern Christians | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Sin's Contamination of Creation (5:1-11:26) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| So, What Happened Next? The Children of Adam and Eve (5:1-6:8) | |
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| The Flood (6:9-9:29) | |
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| Review of the Narrative | |
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| Parallels with Ancient Literature | |
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| Problems after the Flood (9:18-29) | |
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| Where Did All These Nations Come From? | |
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| Shem Again? | |
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| Postscript on Genesis 1-11 | |
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| Key Term | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Encountering Abraham: God's Faithful Servant (Genesis 12-25) | |
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| The Beginning of Our Faith Heritage (11:27-14:24) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Terah's Family (11:27-32) | |
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| The Call of Abram and the Promises of God (12:1-9) | |
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| Abram in Egypt (12:10-20) | |
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| Trouble with Lot (13-14) | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Tracking Abram and His Family | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Where in the World Are These Places? | |
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| Mesopotamia | |
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| Ur of the Chaldeans | |
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| Haran | |
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| Canaan | |
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| Shechem | |
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| Oak of Moreh | |
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| Bethel and Ai | |
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| The Negev | |
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| Hebron | |
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| Oaks of Mamre | |
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| Gerar and Beersheba | |
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| Looking for Mr. Abram | |
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| Categories for Ancient History | |
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| The Early Bronze Age | |
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| The Middle Bronze Age | |
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| The Late Bronze Age | |
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| The Iron Age | |
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| Possible Dates for the Patriarchs | |
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| A Date in Early Bronze III | |
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| A Date in Middle Bronze I | |
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| A Date in Middle Bronze II | |
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| A Date in the Late Bronze Age | |
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| A Date in the Iron Age | |
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| Religion of the Patriarchs | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| "Then God Gave Him the Covenant" (15:1-17:27) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Melchizedek and the King of Sodom (14:17-24) | |
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| Defining Abram's Special Relationship with God (15) | |
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| "I Am Your Shield" (15:1-6) | |
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| "I Am the Lord" (15:7-21) | |
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| Hagar and Ishmael (16) | |
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| Signs of God's Covenant (17) | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Standing on the Promises of God (18:1-25:18) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Promised Son and Problem Nephew (18-19) | |
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| Abraham and Sarah Entertain Guests (18) | |
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| Sodom and Gomorrah (19) | |
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| Abraham and Abimelech (20) | |
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| The Promised Son--At Long Last! (21:1-21) | |
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| Agreement with Abimelech (21:22-34) | |
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| Abraham's Great Test (22) | |
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| Family Matters (23:1-25:18) | |
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| The Death of Sarah (23) | |
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| A Suitable Wife for Isaac (24) | |
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| The Death of Abraham (25:1-18) | |
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| Key Term | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Encountering Jacob: God's Troubled Servant (Genesis 25-36) | |
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| Jacob Struggles with His Family (25:19-31:55) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Of Twins and Birthrights (25:19-34) | |
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| Birth of the Twins (25:19-28) | |
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| Stolen Birthright (25:29-34) | |
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| Isaac and Abimelech (26) | |
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| Jacob Steals the Blessing (27) | |
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| The Ladder (28) | |
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| Jacob's Escape from Esau (28:1-9) | |
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| Jacob's Dream (28:10-22) | |
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| Jacob and Laban (29-31) | |
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| Jacob Marries the Daughters of Laban (29:1-30) | |
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| Jacob's Children (29:31-30:24) | |
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| Jacob's Prosperity (30:25-43) | |
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| Trouble with Laban (31) | |
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| Jacob Leaves Mesopotamia (31:1-21) | |
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| Laban Pursues Jacob (31:22-42) | |
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| Jacob and Laban Make a Parting Covenant (31:43-55) | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Jacob Struggles with God (32:1-37:1) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Jacob Meets God, Jacob Meets Esau (32-33) | |
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| Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau (32:3-21) | |
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| Jacob Meets God (32:22-32) | |
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| Jacob Meets Esau (33) | |
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| The Violation of Dinah (34) | |
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| Back to Bethel (35) | |
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| Esau Epilogue (36) | |
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| Key Term | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Encountering Joseph: God's Model Servant (Genesis 37-50) | |
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| Joseph in Egypt (37:2-41:57) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| The Context of the Joseph Narrative | |
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| Contrast between Esau and Jacob | |
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| What Is Different about the Joseph Narrative? | |
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| What Is the Same about the Joseph Narrative? | |
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| Joseph and His Brothers (37) | |
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| A Tale of Two Dreams (37:2-11) | |
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| Joseph in the Pit (37:12-24) | |
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| Joseph in Potiphar's House (37:25-36) | |
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| The Judah Interlude (38) | |
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| Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) | |
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| The Place of Genesis 38 | |
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| Joseph's Rise over Egypt (39-41) | |
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| Joseph in Charge of Potiphar's House (39) | |
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| Pharaoh's Cupbearer and Baker (40) | |
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| Pharaoh's Dreams (41) | |
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| Key Term | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Joseph over Egypt (42:1-50:26) | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| The Rationale for the Joseph Narrative | |
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| The Sons of Jacob Are Reunited (42-45) | |
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| First Trip to Egypt (42) | |
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| Second Trip to Egypt (43-45) | |
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| Settling in Goshen (46-47) | |
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| Vision at Beersheba (46:1-4) | |
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| In Egypt (46:5-47:12) | |
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| Joseph during the Famine (47:13-31) | |
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| The Deaths of Jacob and Joseph (48-50) | |
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| Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh (48:1-22) | |
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| Jacob Blesses His Sons (49:1-28) | |
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| The Death and Burial of Jacob (49:29-50:21) | |
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| The Death of Joseph (50:22-26) | |
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| Key Term | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Encountering the Authorship of Genesis | |
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| Evidence for Authorship | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Evidence on the Authorship of the Pentateuch | |
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| Biblical References | |
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| Jewish and Christian Tradition | |
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| Grammatical Evidence | |
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| Sociopolitical Evidence | |
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| Manuscript Evidence | |
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| Redactional Evidence | |
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| Ancient Near Eastern Parallels | |
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| Religious Perspective | |
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| Requirements of the Evidence | |
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| A Word about Words | |
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| What Is the Most That Could Be Said? | |
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| What Is the Least That Could Be Said? | |
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| Possibilities of the Evidence | |
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| Moses, the Yahwistic Innovator | |
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| Moses, the Delegator of Authority | |
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| Moses, the Fountainhead of Prophecy | |
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| Scribes of Israel's Monarchy | |
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| The Role of the Exilic Community | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Interpretations of the Evidence | |
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| Outline | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Nature of Biblical Criticism | |
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| Survey of the Methods | |
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| Textual Criticism | |
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| Source Criticism and Redaction Criticism | |
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| Form Criticism and Tradition Criticism | |
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| Historical Criticism | |
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| Literary Criticism | |
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| Canonical Criticism | |
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| Survey of Scholarship on the Book of Genesis | |
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| Eighteenth Century | |
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| Jean Astrue | |
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| Johann G. Eichhorn | |
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| Nineteenth Century | |
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| W. M. L. de Wette | |
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| Heinrich Ewald | |
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| Wilhelm Vatke | |
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| Herman W. Hupfeld and Eduard Riehm | |
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| K. H. Graf and Abraham Kuenen | |
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| Julius Wellhausen | |
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| Conservative Responses | |
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| Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg | |
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| James Orr | |
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| Early and Mid-twentieth Century | |
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| Archaeology and the Ancient Near East | |
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| William F. Albright | |
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| Hermann Gunkel | |
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| Albrecht Alt and Martin Noth | |
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| Gerhard von Rad | |
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| Recent Developments | |
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| Thomas L. Thompson and John Van Seters | |
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| Rolf Rendtorff | |
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| Canonical and Literary Criticism | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Conclusion: Genesis and Beyond | |
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| Outline | |
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| From Paradise to the Patriarchal Promises | |
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| The Problem with Paradise | |
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| The Promises to Abraham | |
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| The Promises to Isaac | |
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| The Promises to Jacob and Joseph | |
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| From the Patriarchs to Moses | |
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| From Moses to Jesus | |
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| Study Questions | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| Scripture Index | |