Encountering the Book of Genesis
An introduction to the Book of Genesis which examines introductory issues, overarching themes, and the overall argument of the book.
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Encountering the Book of Genesis
An introduction to the Book of Genesis which examines introductory issues, overarching themes, and the overall argument of the book.
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Overview
An introduction to the Book of Genesis which examines introductory issues, overarching themes, and the overall argument of the book.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801026386 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Baker Publishing Group |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2003 |
| Series: | Encountering Biblical Studies |
| Pages: | 232 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.75(w) x 9.75(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Bill T. Arnold is professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the coauthor of Encountering the Old Testament and coeditor of Readings from the Ancient Near East.
Table of Contents
| Editor's Preface | 11 | |
| Publisher's Preface | 13 | |
| Author's Preface | 15 | |
| To the Student | 16 | |
| Abbreviations | 17 | |
| Before You Begin ... | 17 | |
| Part 1 | Encountering God's Creation (Genesis 1-11) | |
| 1. | The Grandeur of God's Perfect Creation (1:1-2:3) | 21 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| How Did It All Begin? Details of Genesis 1 | ||
| The Recurring Creation Formula | ||
| The Symmetry of Genesis 1 | ||
| The Role of Genesis 1:1-2 | ||
| Significance of Genesis 1 | ||
| Sovereignty of God | ||
| Goodness of Creation | ||
| Role of Humankind | ||
| Key Terms | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 2. | The History of the First Human Family (2:4-4:26) | 31 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| What's Different about Genesis 2-4? | ||
| Events inside the Garden of Eden (2-3) | ||
| Adam and Eve in the Garden (2) | ||
| Adam and Eve Expelled from the Garden (3) | ||
| Events outside the Garden of Eden (4) | ||
| Key Terms | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 3. | What's Wrong with This Picture? | 43 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Who Were Israel's Neighbors? | ||
| The Mesopotamians | ||
| The Egyptians | ||
| Peoples of Syria-Palestine | ||
| Ancient Theories of Creation and Early Human History | ||
| Ancient Near Eastern Parallels to Genesis 1 | ||
| Egypt | ||
| Mesopotamia | ||
| Ancient Near Eastern Parallels to the Themes of Genesis 2-4 | ||
| Israel: A Picture, a Mirror, or a Window? | ||
| Significance for Modern Christians | ||
| Key Terms | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 4. | Sin's Contamination of Creation (5:1-11:26) | 55 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| So, What Happened Next? The Children of Adam and Eve (5:1-6:8) | ||
| The Flood (6:9-9:29) | ||
| Review of the Narrative | ||
| Parallels with Ancient Literature | ||
| Problems after the Flood (9:18-29) | ||
| Where Did All These Nations Come From? | ||
| Shem Again? | ||
| Postscript on Genesis 1-11 | ||
| Key Term | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| Part 2 | Encountering Abraham: God's Faithful Servant (Genesis 12-25) | |
| 5. | The Beginning of Our Faith Heritage (11:27-14:24) | 69 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Terah's Family (11:27-32) | ||
| The Call of Abram and the Promises of God (12:1-9) | ||
| Abram in Egypt (12:10-20) | ||
| Trouble with Lot (13-14) | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 6. | Tracking Abram and His Family | 77 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Where in the World Are These Places? | ||
| Mesopotamia | ||
| Ur of the Chaldeans | ||
| Haran | ||
| Canaan | ||
| Shechem | ||
| Oak of Moreh | ||
| Bethel and Ai | ||
| The Negev | ||
| Hebron | ||
| Oaks of Mamre | ||
| Gerar and Beersheba | ||
| Looking for Mr. Abram | ||
| Categories for Ancient History | ||
| The Early Bronze Age | ||
| The Middle Bronze Age | ||
| The Late Bronze Age | ||
| The Iron Age | ||
| Possible Dates for the Patriarchs | ||
| A Date in Early Bronze III | ||
| A Date in Middle Bronze I | ||
| A Date in Middle Bronze II | ||
| A Date in the Late Bronze Age | ||
| A Date in the Iron Age | ||
| Religion of the Patriarchs | ||
| Key Terms | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 7. | "Then God Gave Him the Covenant" (15:1-17:27) | 89 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Melchizedek and the King of Sodom (14:17-24) | ||
| Defining Abram's Special Relationship with God (15) | ||
| "I Am Your Shield" (15:1-6) | ||
| "I Am the Lord" (15:7-21) | ||
| Hagar and Ishmael (16) | ||
| Signs of God's Covenant (17) | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 8. | Standing on the Promises of God (18:1-25:18) | 99 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Promised Son and Problem Nephew (18-19) | ||
| Abraham and Sarah Entertain Guests (18) | ||
| Sodom and Gomorrah (19) | ||
| Abraham and Abimelech (20) | ||
| The Promised Son--At Long Last! (21:1-21) | ||
| Agreement with Abimelech (21:22-34) | ||
| Abraham's Great Test (22) | ||
| Family Matters (23:1-25:18) | ||
| The Death of Sarah (23) | ||
| A Suitable Wife for Isaac (24) | ||
| The Death of Abraham (25:1-18) | ||
| Key Term | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| Part 3 | Encountering Jacob: God's Troubled Servant (Genesis 25-36) | |
| 9. | Jacob Struggles with His Family (25:19-31:55) | 117 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Of Twins and Birthrights (25:19-34) | ||
| Birth of the Twins (25:19-28) | ||
| Stolen Birthright (25:29-34) | ||
| Isaac and Abimelech (26) | ||
| Jacob Steals the Blessing (27) | ||
| The Ladder (28) | ||
| Jacob's Escape from Esau (28:1-9) | ||
| Jacob's Dream (28:10-22) | ||
| Jacob and Laban (29-31) | ||
| Jacob Marries the Daughters of Laban (29:1-30) | ||
| Jacob's Children (29:31-30:24) | ||
| Jacob's Prosperity (30:25-43) | ||
| Trouble with Laban (31) | ||
| Jacob Leaves Mesopotamia (31:1-21) | ||
| Laban Pursues Jacob (31:22-42) | ||
| Jacob and Laban Make a Parting Covenant (31:43-55) | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 10. | Jacob Struggles with God (32:1-37:1) | 131 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Jacob Meets God, Jacob Meets Esau (32-33) | ||
| Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau (32:3-21) | ||
| Jacob Meets God (32:22-32) | ||
| Jacob Meets Esau (33) | ||
| The Violation of Dinah (34) | ||
| Back to Bethel (35) | ||
| Esau Epilogue (36) | ||
| Key Term | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| Part 4 | Encountering Joseph: God's Model Servant (Genesis 37-50) | |
| 11. | Joseph in Egypt (37:2-41:57) | |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| The Context of the Joseph Narrative | 143 | |
| Contrast between Esau and Jacob | ||
| What Is Different about the Joseph Narrative? | ||
| What Is the Same about the Joseph Narrative? | ||
| Joseph and His Brothers (37) | ||
| A Tale of Two Dreams (37:2-11) | ||
| Joseph in the Pit (37:12-24) | ||
| Joseph in Potiphar's House (37:25-36) | ||
| The Judah Interlude (38) | ||
| Judah and Tamar (38:1-30) | ||
| The Place of Genesis 38 | ||
| Joseph's Rise over Egypt (39-41) | ||
| Joseph in Charge of Potiphar's House (39) | ||
| Pharaoh's Cupbearer and Baker (40) | ||
| Pharaoh's Dreams (41) | ||
| Key Term | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 12. | Joseph over Egypt (42:1-50:26) | 155 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| The Rationale for the Joseph Narrative | ||
| The Sons of Jacob Are Reunited (42-45) | ||
| First Trip to Egypt (42) | ||
| Second Trip to Egypt (43-45) | ||
| Settling in Goshen (46-47) | ||
| Vision at Beersheba (46:1-4) | ||
| In Egypt (46:5-47:12) | ||
| Joseph during the Famine (47:13-31) | ||
| The Deaths of Jacob and Joseph (48-50) | ||
| Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh (48:1-22) | ||
| Jacob Blesses His Sons (49:1-28) | ||
| The Death and Burial of Jacob (49:29-50:21) | ||
| The Death of Joseph (50:22-26) | ||
| Key Term | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| Part 5 | Encountering the Authorship of Genesis | |
| 13. | Evidence for Authorship | 167 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Evidence on the Authorship of the Pentateuch | ||
| Biblical References | ||
| Jewish and Christian Tradition | ||
| Grammatical Evidence | ||
| Sociopolitical Evidence | ||
| Manuscript Evidence | ||
| Redactional Evidence | ||
| Ancient Near Eastern Parallels | ||
| Religious Perspective | ||
| Requirements of the Evidence | ||
| A Word about Words | ||
| What Is the Most That Could Be Said? | ||
| What Is the Least That Could Be Said? | ||
| Possibilities of the Evidence | ||
| Moses, the Yahwistic Innovator | ||
| Moses, the Delegator of Authority | ||
| Moses, the Fountainhead of Prophecy | ||
| Scribes of Israel's Monarchy | ||
| The Role of the Exilic Community | ||
| Key Terms | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| 14. | Interpretations of the Evidence | 181 |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| Nature of Biblical Criticism | ||
| Survey of the Methods | ||
| Textual Criticism | ||
| Source Criticism and Redaction Criticism | ||
| Form Criticism and Tradition Criticism | ||
| Historical Criticism | ||
| Literary Criticism | ||
| Canonical Criticism | ||
| Survey of Scholarship on the Book of Genesis | ||
| Eighteenth Century | ||
| Jean Astrue | ||
| Johann G. Eichhorn | ||
| Nineteenth Century | ||
| W. M. L. de Wette | ||
| Heinrich Ewald | ||
| Wilhelm Vatke | ||
| Herman W. Hupfeld and Eduard Riehm | ||
| K. H. Graf and Abraham Kuenen | ||
| Julius Wellhausen | ||
| Conservative Responses | ||
| Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg | ||
| James Orr | ||
| Early and Mid-twentieth Century | ||
| Archaeology and the Ancient Near East | ||
| William F. Albright | ||
| Hermann Gunkel | ||
| Albrecht Alt and Martin Noth | ||
| Gerhard von Rad | ||
| Recent Developments | ||
| Thomas L. Thompson and John Van Seters | ||
| Rolf Rendtorff | ||
| Canonical and Literary Criticism | ||
| Conclusions | ||
| Key Terms | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| Conclusion: Genesis and Beyond | 199 | |
| Outline | ||
| Objectives | ||
| From Paradise to the Patriarchal Promises | ||
| The Problem with Paradise | ||
| The Promises to Abraham | ||
| The Promises to Isaac | ||
| The Promises to Jacob and Joseph | ||
| From the Patriarchs to Moses | ||
| From Moses to Jesus | ||
| Study Questions | ||
| Notes | 207 | |
| Bibliography | 219 | |
| Glossary | 221 | |
| Subject Index | 225 | |
| Scripture Index | 231 |
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