Genesis as Dialogue - A Literary, Historical, and Theological Commentary (Hardcover)

Recent years have seen a remarkable surge in interest in the book of Genesis - the first book of the Bible - and a foundational text of Western culture. In this new commentary, Thomas Brodie offers a complete and accessible overview of Genesis from literary, theological, and historical standpoints. Brodie's work is organized around three main ideas: the first is that the primary subject of Genesis is human existence - while full of historical echoes, it is primarily a sophisticated portrayal of the progress and pitfalls of human life. His second thesis is that Genesis' basic organizational unity is binary, or diptych: building on older insights that Genesis is somehow dialogical, he argues that the entire book is composed of diptychs - accounts which, like some paintings, consist of two parts or panels. Finally, Brodie contends that many of Genesis' sources still exist, and can be identified and verified.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2001
First published:	August 2001
Authors:	Thomas L. Brodie (Professor of Scripture Studies)
Dimensions:	244 x 163 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	612
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-513836-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts Books > Christianity > The Bible > Bible readings or selections
LSN:	0-19-513836-8
Barcode:	9780195138368

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