Genesis As Dialogue: A Literary, Historical, and Theological Commentary [Hardcover]

Thomas L. Brodie (Author)

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Hardcover: 614 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (April 15 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195138368
ISBN-13: 978-0195138368
Product Dimensions: 24.3 x 16.5 x 4 cm
Shipping Weight: 993 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,027,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"Brodie is to be recommended for thsi study, which so clearly testifies to his academic and religious life. His vast erudtion on every page, and the numerous headings, tables, outlines, lists, and summaries make the book useful to readers who might otherwise flounder in so ambitious a project. The book offers wonderful observations on every page, and one can appreciate its many insights without necessarily accepting its macro-claim." --The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

"Comprehensive and quite engaging. It would make a good textbook for graduate students."--The Bible Today

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Recent years have seen a remarkable surge in interest in the book of Genesis - the first book of the Hebrew 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; the second is that Genesis' basic organizational unity is binary, or diptych. Brodie 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.

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Genesis is a book about origins-the origins of the universe, humanity, civilization, Israel-and as such has generally been regarded as a form of history. Read the first page

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