Reading Genesis: Ten Methods

· Cambridge University Press
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249
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About this ebook

Reading Genesis presents a panoramic view of the most vital ways that Genesis is approached in modern scholarship. Essays by ten eminent scholars cover the perspectives of literature, gender, memory, sources, theology, and the reception of Genesis in Judaism and Christianity. Each contribution addresses the history and rationale of the method, insightfully explores particular texts of Genesis, and deepens the interpretive gain of the method in question. These ways of reading Genesis, which include its classic past readings, map out a pluralistic model for understanding Genesis in - and for - the modern age.

About the author

Ronald Hendel is Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at University of California, Berkeley. He is the editor-in-chief of the Oxford Hebrew Bible, a new critical edition of the Hebrew Bible, and author, most recently, of Remembering Abraham: Culture, Memory, and History in the Hebrew Bible (2005). Professor Hendel also serves as a columnist for the Biblical Archaeology Review.

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