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the cambridge companion to GENESIS The Cambridge Companion toGenesis explores the first book of the Bible,thebookthatservesasthefoundationfortherestoftheHebrew Scriptures.Recognizingitsuniquepositioninworldhistory,thehistory of religions, as well as biblical and theological studies, the volume summarizes key developments in biblical scholarship since the Enlightenment,whileofferinganoverviewofthediversemethodsand readingstrategiesthatarecurrentlyappliedtothereadingofGenesis.It also explores questions that, in some cases, have been explored for centuries. Written by an international team of scholars whose essays were specially commissioned, the Companion provides a multi- disciplinary update of all relevant issues related to the interpretation of Genesis. Whether the reader is taking the first step on the path or continuingaresearchjourney,thisvolumewillilluminatetheroleof Genesis in world religions, theology, philosophy, and critical biblical scholarship. Bill T. Arnold is the Paul S. Amos Professor of Old Testament InterpretationatAsburyTheologicalSeminary.Previouspublications include biblical commentaries (Genesis, Cambridge, 2009; and 1–2 Samuel,HarperCollins-Zondervan,2003),AGuidetoBiblicalHebrew Syntax (coauthored with John H. Choi, Cambridge, 2003 and 2018), and Introduction to the Old Testament (Cambridge, 2014). He was awardedaLillyFacultyFellowshipforhisproposaltostudytheoneness orsingularityofGodintheOldTestament. cambridge companions to religion This is a series of companions to major topics and key figures in theology and religiousstudies.Eachvolumecontainsspeciallycommissionedchaptersbyinter- nationalscholars,whichprovideanaccessibleandstimulatingintroductiontothe subjectfornewreadersandnon-specialists. 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ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108423755 doi:10.1017/9781108529303 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2022 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2022 AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. isbn978-1-108-42375-5Hardback isbn978-1-107-63602-6Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. Contents ListofAbbreviations pageix ListofContributors xiv 1 Introduction:Genesisandthestatusquaestionis 1 bill t. arnold PartI: CompositionandStructureofGenesis 9 2 GenesisintheHistoryofCriticalScholarship 11 jean-louis ska 3 GenesisinSourceandRedactionCriticismToday 53 jan christian gertz 4 GenesisinFormandTraditionCriticismToday 74 christoph levin 5 RhetoricalFeaturesandCharacteristics:TheLiterary FunctionofGenealogies,Itineraries,andOther EtiologiesintheBookofGenesis 99 michaela bauks PartII: SocialWorldofGenesis 119 6 GenesisandItsAncientLiteraryAnalogues 121 alice mandell 7 GenesisandtheConceptualWorldoftheAncient NearEast 148 john h. walton 8 Family,Clan,andTribeintheBookofGenesis 168 naomi a. steinberg 9 Women’sStatusandFeministReadingsofGenesis 188 sarah shectman vii viii contents PartIII: ThemesandLiteraryMotifsofGenesis 209 10 FromImagotoImagines:TheImage(s)ofGodin Genesis 211 brent a. strawn 11 Genesis,Science,andTheoriesofOrigins 236 jitse m. van der meer 12 GenesisandEthics 262 eckart otto 13 GenesisandtheProblemofEvil:Philosophical MusingsontheBible’sFirstBook 281 paul m. gould PartIV: ReceptionHistoryofGenesis 301 14 ModernPhilosophicalReceptionsofGenesis 303 frederick d. aquino 15 JewishReflectionsonUniversalismandParticularism inGenesis 322 joel s. kaminsky 16 BeforeMoses:GenesisamongtheChristians 341 iain provan ScriptureIndex 361 SubjectIndex 371 Abbreviations AB AnchorBible ABD AnchorBibleDictionary ABRL AnchorBibleReferenceLibrary ACCS AncientChristianCommentaryonScripture ADAIK AbhandlungendesDeutschenArchäologischenInstituts Kairo AEL AncientEgyptianLiterature AJBI AnnualoftheJapaneseBiblicalInstitute AJSR AssociationforJewishStudiesReview ANF Ante-NiceneFathers ANET AncientNearEasternTextsRelatingtotheOld Testament AOAT AlterOrientundAltesTestament ARM ArchivesroyalesdeMari ATANT AbhandlungenzurTheologiedesAltenundNeuen Testaments ATD DasAlteTestamentDeutsch AWEAT ArchivfürdiewissenschaftlicheErforschungdesAlten Testaments AYBRL AnchorYaleBibleReferenceLibrary BA BiblicalArchaeologist BAR BiblicalArchaeologyReview BASOR BulletinoftheAmericanSchoolsofOrientalResearch BBB BonnerbiblischeBeiträge BEATAJ BeiträgezurErforschungdesAltenTestamentsunddes antikenJudentums ix
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