Genesis As Dialogue

Genesis As Dialogue
Author: Thomas L. Brodie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2001-08-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0198031645

Recent years have seen a remarkable surge in interest in the book of Genesis - the first book of the Hebrew Bible, and a foundational text of Western culture. In this new commentary, Thomas Brodie offers a complete and accessible overview of Genesis from literary, theological, and historical standpoints. Brodie's work is organized around three main ideas. The first is that the primary subject of Genesis is human existence; the second is that Genesis' basic organizational unity is binary, or diptych. Brodie argues that the entire book is composed of diptychs - accounts which, like some paintings, consist of two parts or panels. Finally, Brodie contends that many of Genesis' sources still exist, and can be identified and verified.

Genesis as Dialogue

Genesis as Dialogue
Author: Thomas L. Brodie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 579
Release: 2001
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9780199834037

Recent years have seen a remarkable surge in interest in the book of Genesis - the first book of the Bible. This text aims to offer a complete and accessible overview of Genesis, from literary, theological, and historical standpoints.

Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis

Doubling and Duplicating in the Book of Genesis
Author: Elizabeth R. Hayes
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1575064553

The style of the Hebrew Bible has long been of significant interest to scholars and exegetes alike. Early Jewish and later Christian commentaries point out the importance of the exact wording in interpreting the text, and many an article has been written on features such as repetition and inclusio. With the rise of literary and narrative criticism in biblical studies, these features have received even more attention. The current book stands in the tradition of Robert Alter in that it focuses on how the text of Genesis is written and phrased. More explicitly, it is interested in why Genesis is formulated the way it is and how this affects the reader in his/her encounter with the text. Doubling and Duplicating is not only concerned with a style-as-analysis frame for interpreters but also with its role as a guide for any audience and its gateway to the ancient mind-set (ideological, ontological, and so on). All of the contributors to this collected volume focus on the form of the book of Genesis—that is, on its use of language and formulation. Yet, each author does this in his/her own way, depending on the most fitting tool for the specific research question or based on the researcher’s methodological background. Thus, the essays represent the various approaches in current literary and stylistic criticism as applied to the biblical corpus. Furthermore, the recurring duality of the features discussed in each of the contributions adds to the overall unity of the volume. This recurrence suggests the presence of a stylistic feature in the book of Genesis, the feature of doubling and duplicating, that surpasses the other features of the individual units or stories. This book offers insights about meaning-making on both the micro- and the macro-text levels.

Genesis and Christian Theology

Genesis and Christian Theology
Author: Nathan MacDonald
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802867251

Proceedings of a conference held July 14-18, 2009 at St. Andrews.

Genesis

Genesis
Author: Kyle Woodruff
Publisher: Kyle Woodruff
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2022-11-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Eavesdrop on a debate between a Christian elder and young agnostic as they pore over the first book of the Holy Bible. Genesis: Biblical Commentary Through Dialogue examines the Judeo-Christian origin stories through the eyes of a critic and an apologetic alike, finding common ground to derive lessons from the ancient tales. Grab yourself a bowl of popcorn as these two generations duke it out in a serious philosophical approach to Scripture with a humorous twist.

Genesis

Genesis
Author: Abraham Kuruvilla
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 653
Release: 2014-02-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1625641141

Genesis: A Theological Commentary for Preachers engages hermeneutics for preaching, employing theological exegesis that enables the preacher to utilize all the narrative units of the book to craft effective sermons. This commentary unpacks the crucial link between Scripture and application: the theology of each preaching text, i.e., what the author is doing with what he is saying. Genesis is thus divided into thirty-five narrative units and the theological focus of each is delineated. The overall theological trajectory/theme of the book--divine blessing: creating for blessing (Gen 1-11), moving towards blessing (Gen 12-24), experiencing the blessing (Gen 25-36), and being a blessing (Gen 37-50)--is thus progressively developed. The specificity of these theological ideas for their respective texts makes possible a sequential homiletical movement through each pericope of the book, enabling the expositor to discover valid application for sermons. While the primary goal of the commentary is to take the preacher from text to theology, it also provides two sermon outlines for each of the thirty-five units of Genesis. The unique approach of this work results in a theology-for-preaching commentary that promises to be useful for anyone teaching through Genesis with an emphasis on application.

Genesis

Genesis
Author: Bill D. Moyers
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1996
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

A discussion of the many great stories found in the Book of Genesis in the Bible.

The Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis
Author: Craig A. Evans
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 789
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004226532

Drawing on the latest in Genesis scholarship, this volume offers twenty-nine essays on a wide range of topics related to Genesis, written by leading experts in the field. Topics include its formation, reception, textual history and translation, themes, theologies, and place within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Genesis

Genesis
Author: Kyle Woodruff
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-11-28
Genre:
ISBN:

Eavesdrop on a debate between a Christian elder and young agnostic as they pore over the first book of the Holy Bible. Genesis: Biblical Commentary Through Dialogue examines the Judeo-Christian origin stories through the eyes of a critic and an apologetic alike, finding common ground to derive lessons from the ancient tales. Grab yourself a bowl of popcorn as these two generations duke it out over a serious philosophical approach to Scripture with an often humorous twist.

Dialogue with Deity

Dialogue with Deity
Author: Raymond Grant
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2017-09-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1640281886

THERE are many aspects about the person of God that we are so curious about and wish we knew. Some of those questions that ramble about in the hallways of our mind will only be satisfied in eternity. However, there is one thing for certain that can be known from the get-go. God is a talker! He is an eloquent communicator, and He loves to dialogue with His creation. From the first book of the Bible onward, God verbalizes His will, expectations, and love with mankind. This book examines with excitement every instance in Genesis where God talked to man or man talked to God. It is discovered that those occurrences greatly resemble contemporary social issues we face today, and that dialogue contains pertinent wisdom for us as well, and so we pray-we learn from them how to dialogue with Deity. RAYMOND GRANT is an essayist, exegete, and evangelist who has spent 30 years as a chaplain's assistant and teacher of Apologetics and Philosophy: He has degrees in theology (American Divinity School) and education (University of Portland). His works include ghost-writing, co-authoring, books on church administration, commentaries, text books and evangelistic tracts. He resides in Portland, Oregon.