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Genesis as Dialogue

By Brodie, Thomas L.

Genesis as Dialogue

By Brodie, Thomas L.

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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.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
612
Release Date:
2001-08-16
Publication Date:
2001-08-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195138368
ISBN13:
9780195138368
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1131 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
40 cm
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