The book of Genesis composition, reception, and interpretation / [electronic resource] :
edited by Craig A. Evans, Joel N. Lohr, David L. Petersen.
- Leiden : BRILL, 2012.
- 1 online resource (788 p.)
- Supplements to Vetus Testamentum .
- Supplements to Vetus Testamentum. .
Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part One. General Topics; The Study of the Book of Genesis: The Beginning of Critical Reading (Jean-Louis Ska); Genesis in the Pentateuch (Konrad Schmid); Historical Context (Ronald Hendel); Literary Analysis (Robert S. Kawashima); Part Two. Issues in Interpretation; The Formation of the Primeval History (Jan Christian Gertz); Food and the First Family: A Socioeconomic Perspective (Carol Meyers); Abraham Traditions in the Hebrew Bible Outside the Book of Genesis (Thomas Rimer); The Jacob Tradition (Erhard Blum). Genesis 37-50: Joseph Story or Jacob Story? (R.J. Clifford)Joseph and Wisdom (Michael V. Fox); How the Compiler of the Pentateuch Worked: The Composition of Genesis 37 (Baruch J. Schwartz); The World of the Family in Genesis (Naomi A.penalty @M Steinberg); Part Three. Textual Transmission and Reception History; Genesis in Josephus (Christopher T. Begg); Cain and Abel in Second Temple Literature and Beyond (John Byron); Genesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Sidnie White Crawford); Genesis and its Reception in Jubilees (C.T.R. Hayward). Textual and Translation Issues in Greek Genesis (Robert J.V. Hiebert)When the Beginning is the End: The Place of Genesis in the Commentaries of Philo (Gregory E. Sterling); The Reception of Genesis in Pseudo-Philo's Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum (Rhonda J. Burnette-Bletsch); Genesis in the New Testament (Craig A. Evans); Genesis in Aramaic: The Example of Chapter 22 (Bruce Chilton); The Vetus Latina and the Vulgate of the Book of Genesis (David L. Everson); Genesis in Syriac (Jerome A. Lund); The Fathers on Genesis (Andrew Louth); Genesis in Rabbinic Interpretation (Burton L. Visotzky). Genesis, The Qur'an and Islamic Interpretation (Carol Bakhos)Part Four. Genesis and Theology; The Theology of Genesis (Joel S. Kaminsky); Genesis in the Context of Jewish Thought (Marvin A. Sweeney); Genesis and Ecology (Terence E. Fretheim); Indices; Scripture and Other Ancient Writings; Modern Authors.
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.