Genesis 1-11 - A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary

von Ronald Hendel

488 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The first volume of a groundbreaking two-part commentary on the book of Genesis by leading biblical scholar Ronald Hendel   The first eleven chapters of Genesis narrate the origin of the universe; the creation of the first human beings; the beginnings of moral reasoning, society, and culture; and the cataclysmic global flood. By showing how life and civilization came into being, Genesis 1–11 offers a richly drawn map for understanding the world as a meaningful cosmos and an ethical guide for human purpose and responsibility within it.   The culmination of over thirty years of research, this long-awaited study by leading Genesis scholar Ronald Hendel is the first comprehensive scholarly commentary on Genesis 1–11 in a generation. Drawing on archaeological discoveries from Israel and the ancient Near East as well as contemporary methods of scholarship, it presents a multilayered view of the classic text. The extensive introduction, notes, and comments explore ancient textual versions and editions, historical contexts, literary style and design, compositional history, cosmology, ethics, and the book’s interpretive life in Judaism and Christianity. Featuring numerous illustrations, this engagingly written commentary is an indispensable, field-defining guide to the first eleven chapters of the Bible.

• Reihe: The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum Heilige Texte und geheiligte Schriften Bibel Altes Testament
• ISBN: 9780300149739
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.11.2024
• Größe: 238 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Yale University Press