Genesis 1-11

by Robert Davidson

Overview

Chapters 1–11 of Genesis are like a poetic prologue to the early history of the Jewish people and to their religion. For Christianity also they later fulfil a similar purpose. Professor Davidson takes these chapters as a separate unity, comments on them, and explains their religious significance and their place in the Bible as a whole. Introductory sections on the sources and purpose of the book, and the meaning of myth, lead straight into the text and commentary which alternate with each other in the style of the series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521097604
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/19/1973
Series:	Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	4.96(w) x 7.87(h) x 0.39(d)

Table of Contents

The footnotes to the New English Bible text; Behind the book; The sources of the book; The purpose of Genesis 1–11; The meaning of myth; A note on further reading; Index.