How to read Genesis /

Longman, Tremper, III.

How to read Genesis / Tremper Longman. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2005. - 192 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-187) and indexes.

Understanding the book of "beginnings" -- Who wrote Genesis? -- The shape of the book of Genesis -- 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 -- The primeval history : Genesis 1-11 -- The patriarchal narratives : Genesis 12-36 -- The Joseph story : Genesis 37-50 -- The christological difference.

0877849439 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005001666


Bible.--Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS1235.52 / .L67 2005

222/.1107