How to Read Genesis

Name: How to Read Genesis
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ISBN: 9780877849438

ISBN-10: 0877849439

ISBN-13: 9780877849438

Edition: 2005

Authors: Tremper Longman

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Creation in six daysWoman from the side of man"Sons of god" taking "daughters of men"A massive disaster and an animal rescue boat of biblical proportionsAbraham, Sarah, Hagar and the ongoing saga of a dysfunctional familyThese are just a few of the episodes that Genesis conjures up. But we miss the point if we focus on what seems strange to us. And we distort the message if we demand that this book answer questions that are strange to it. To read Genesis intelligently, we must consider the questions, the literature and the times in which Genesis was written.In How to Read Genesis Tremper Longman III provides a welcome guide to reading and studying, understanding and savoring this panorama…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 5/12/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface



Reading Genesis with a Strategy



Understanding the Book of "Beginnings"



Reading Genesis as Literature



Who Wrote Genesis?



The Shape of the Book of Genesis



Reading Genesis in Its Own World



Myth or History? Genesis and the Enuma Elish



Noah and Utnapishtim: Whose Flood Story Should We Trust?



Abraham and Nuzi: Patriarchal Customs in Their Cultural Context



Reading Genesis as God's Story



The Primeval History: Genesis


The Patriarchal Narratives: Genesis


The Joseph Story: Genesis



Reading Genesis as Christians



The Christological Difference



Commentaries on the Book of Genesis


Notes


Names


Index


Subject Index


Scripture Index