Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
lvi, 161 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 122). |
Summary |
An examination of the Book of genesis reassesses the familiar biblical stories of Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark, and others in light of their relevance to the modern world. |
Contents |
The Creation (according to P) -- The Creation (according to J) -- Cain and Abel (J) -- Seth ; the descendants of Cain (J) -- The descendants of Lamech (J) -- Genealogies (P) -- The gods and the women (J) -- The Flood (according to J) -- The Flood (according to P) -- Noah's drunkenness (J) -- Genealogies (P,J) -- The Tower of Babel -- Genealogies (P) -- The promise to Abram (J) -- Wife and sister (version 1 : J) -- Abram and Lot (J) -- Abram and the kings (late redactor, using three early sources) -- The promise to Abram : descendants (late source) -- The promise to Abram : land (late source) -- Hagar and Ishmael (according to J) -- The covenant with Abraham (P) -- Abraham and the three visitors (J) -- Abraham questions the destruction of Sodom (late source) -- The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (J) -- Lot's daughters (J) -- Wife and sister (version 2 : E) -- The family of Abraham (P, R, late source) -- Hagar and Ishmael (according to E) -- Beer-sheba (version 1 : E) -- Beer-sheba (version 2 : J) -- The binding of Isaac (E) -- The cave of Machpelah (P) -- The betrothal of Rebecca (late source) -- The death of Abraham ; Ishmael's descendants (P) -- Jacob and Esau (J) -- Wife and sister (version 3 : late source) -- Isaac and Abimelech ; Beer-sheba (version 3 : late source) -- Esau cheated of the blessing (why Jacob was sent to Laban, according to J) -- Why Jacob was sent to Laban (according to P) -- Jacob at Beth-El (according to J) -- Jacob at Beth-El (according to E) -- Jacob and Rachel, and Leah (J) -- The birth of Jacob's children (J) -- Jacob outwits Laban (J) -- Jacob's flight (E?) -- Jacob prepares to meet Esau (J) -- Jacob wrestles with God and becomes Israel (according to J) -- The meeting of Jacob and Esau (J) -- Arrival in Canaan (P) -- The rape of Dinah (early source) -- The return of Beth-El (R) -- Jacob becomes Israel (according to P) -- The death of Rachel (J?) -- Reuben sleeps with Bilhah (J : fragmentary) -- Jacob's sons ; the death of Isaac (P) -- Genealogies (P) -- Judah and Tamar (early source) -- Joseph and his brothers (early source). |
Subject |
Bible stories, English -- Genesis.
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Added Author |
Mitchell, Stephen, 1943-
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ISBN |
0060172495 |
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9780060172497 |
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