Genesis 1-11: Tales of the Earliest World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780804774970)

This book invites readers to reconsider what they think they know about the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis, from the creation of the world, through the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel, to the introduction of Abraham. Edwin M. Good offers a new translation of and literary commentary on these chapters, approaching the material as an ancient Hebrew book. Rather than analyzing the chapters in light of any specific religious position, he is interested in what the stories say and how they work as stories, indications in them of their origins as orally performed and transmitted, and how they do and do not connect with one another. Everyone, from those intimately familiar with Genesis to those who have never read it before, will find something new in Genesis 1-11: Tales of the Earliest World.

Author: Edwin Good
ISBN-10: 0804774978
ISBN-13: 9780804774970
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/29/2011
Pages: 139
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 10/07/2011 pg. 21
Choice 05/01/2012