Genesis The Story We Haven't Heard

Name: Genesis The Story We Haven't Heard
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ISBN: 9780830826551

ISBN-10: 0830826556

ISBN-13: 9780830826551

Edition: 2001

Authors: Paul Borgman

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Time after time choosing selfishness over selflessness, human beings invariably destroy themselves and wreck their societies. Only God can help, says Genesis. Yet God refuses to coerce. Instead he works with individual men and women who turn around--who stop trying to make a name for themselves and start trying to be a blessing to others. The transformation is slow and arduous. God waits. Captured in one of the world's best and best-known stories, this dynamic between God and recreated individuals leads from the universal chaos of Babel to blessing for all our world's peoples.Unfortunately, most of us overlook the dramatic story of God's work in early time because we read Scripture in…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 7/25/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Borgman (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is professor of English at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.



Preface


Introduction: Why Haven't We Heard?



The Prologue



I Want a Name for Myself: Genesis 1--11



Abraham & Sarah



Ordinary Choices of the Worst Sort



Let Go, Don't Be Afraid: Visits 1-4



Walk with Me--and Speak Up! Visits 5 & 6



Coming to Trust in Each Other: Visit 7



What's Love--and Fear--Got to Do with It?



The Point: Abraham Brings Triple Blessing



Jacob & Esau; Rachel & Leah



Jacob Wrestles for His Blessings with Esau, with God



Three Mirrors for Jacob



Three Breakthroughs--and Disaster



Joseph & Family; Judah & Tamar



Three Descents for Joseph, One for Judah



Older Brothers Bow: Does Joseph Tease or Test?



All Peoples, Including the Little Ones of Egypt


Conclusion


Selected Bibliography


Subject Index


Author Index


Scripture Index