Genesis 1-11: Tales of the Earliest World - Softcover

Good, Edwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804774978 ISBN 13: 9780804774970

Verlag: Stanford University Press, 2011

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"[T]his volume provides an original look at these captivating chapters of Genesis. Good's careful attention to details brings fresh insight to the uninitiated and elicits probing questions from the text . . . Genesis 1-11 is a delightful read." -- Kyle Greenwood "There exist innumerable commentaries on Genesis, and yet, there are surprisingly few that are broadly accessible. Tales of the Earliest World fills this gap nicely. Written in clear, smooth-flowing prose, it introduces the reader to the challenges of the Hebrew text of Genesis 1-11." -- Steven Weitzman * Stanford University * "This book will be indispensible for scholars, students, and general readers interested in the 'primeval narrative' of Genesis 1-11: it is a rare combination of outstanding linguistic analysis, keen literary-critical insight, and uniquely engaging prose. Good brings fresh perspective to literature that has become all too familiar in its standard translations. The result is a new translation that is as provocative and readable as Seamus Heaney's Beowulf, with the much added value of a highly accessible scholarly commentary." -- Timothy Beal "This accessible, informed volume is ideal for undergraduate courses or adult education programs on the opening chapter of Genesis. Good's translation yields new insights even for those who have worked with the Hebrew. His relating knowing good and evil to sexual ability (cf. 2 Sam 18:26) is an intriguing hypothesis; his reading of Cain's failure in light of a gendered desire subtle but plausible; and his recognition that, for the Bible, the status of "hero" is ambiguous spot-on." -- A. J. Levine * Choice *

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A new translation and literary interpretation of the first 11 chapters of the Book of Genesis.

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• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0804774978
• ISBN 13: 9780804774970
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 140