Rethinking Genesis 1–11: Gateway to the Bible (DLS / - download pdf or read online

Genesis 1-11 comprises the various best-known tales on the earth. to fashionable Westerners they might appear like not more than exciting stories that kids can take pleasure in, yet smooth adults can't take heavily. even though, while learn within the context of the traditional Orient, Genesis 1-11 appears very diverse. It seems to be a very innovative record. In retelling the background of the traditional global, it places a brand new spin on it through introducing an omnipotent, all-knowing, particular God whose maximum main issue is human welfare.

The God who seems in Genesis 1-11 is the God presupposed via the entire previous testomony writers, certainly via the recent testomony to boot. The gripping stories of Genesis hence give you the theological spectacles for a sympathetic analyzing of the Bible. they're the gateway to a legitimate figuring out of its message and will even support smooth believers build a worldview that integrates either the discoveries of contemporary technological know-how and the insights of Christian theology.

"In this revisiting of Genesis 1-11 via a number one commentator on Genesis, the most foci of debate are the construction narratives and the account of the flood. Wenham skillfully makes use of the chance to be aware of the most good points of the narratives, of their personal correct and compared to proper historical close to japanese traditions. the result's a powerful assertion of the message, abiding worth, and importance for the complete biblical canon, of the 'Genesis protohistory.'"
--Robert Gordon, emeritus Regius Professor of Hebrew, college of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

"Another e-book on Genesis 1-11! Are those chapters myths? Are they borrowed from Babylon? Gordon Wenham builds on his extraordinary observe remark to target principal rules. He demonstrates the literary artwork in them and lines subject matters current initially, resurfacing later, then crucial all through Scripture to its achievement. Oft-emphasized similarities with Babylonian tales fade beside adjustments, particularly in theology. . . . This small quantity merits to be additional even to weighted down bookshelves."
--Alan Millard, emeritus Rankin Professor, The college of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Gordon Wenham studied within the universities of Cambridge, London, Jerusalem, and Harvard and taught fulltime on the universities of Belfast and Gloucestershire. he's now adjunct professor at Trinity university Bristol. he's most sensible recognized for his commentaries on Genesis, Leviticus, and Numbers.