The book of Genesis : composition, reception, and interpretation / / edited by Craig A. Evans, Joel N. Lohr, David L. Petersen.

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...

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Superior document:Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; volume 152. The formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature ; 6
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 152.
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. Formation and interpretation of Old Testament literature ; 6.
Physical Description:1 online resource (788 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • The Study of the Book of Genesis: The Beginning of Critical Reading / Jean-Louis Ska
  • Genesis in the Pentateuch / Konrad Schmid
  • Historical Context / Ronald Hendel
  • Literary Analysis / Robert S. Kawashima
  • The Formation of the Primeval History / Jan Christian Gertz
  • Food and the First Family: A Socioeconomic Perspective / Carol Meyers
  • Abraham Traditions in the Hebrew Bible outside the Book of Genesis / Thomas Römer
  • 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
  • Scripture and Other Ancient Writings
  • Modern Authors.