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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Method
- Abbreviations
- Part One The Text and Its Immediate Context (Genesis‐Kings, “The Primary History”)
- 1 Genesis's Unity
- 2 Further Evidence of Genesis's Unity
- 3 The Quest for the Theory Behind the Diptychs
- 4 The Diptych Structure: Original or Redactional?
- 5 Genesis as Part of a Larger Unity (The Primary History, Genesis‐Kings)
- Part Two Historical Background
- 6 The Historical and Social Background
- 7 Greco‐Persian Features
- 8 Verifiable Sources
- 9 Toward Detecting the Process of Composition
- 10 Date, Place, and People: A Summary of Key Arguments
- Part Three Genesis's Content and Meaning
- 11 Genesis's Central Concern
- 12 Genesis and History
- 13 Genesis and Psychology
- 14 Genesis and Spirituality
- 15 Genesis as a Reflection of the Complexity of Life
- Part Four Beginnings
- 16 Creation and Its Harmony (1:1–2:24)
- 17 Sin and Its Disharmony: Crime and Punishment (2:25–4:16)
- 18 Genealogies: From More Disharmony to Restoration (4:17–Chap. 5)
- 19 The Flood's Creation: More Sinful, More Compassionate (6:1–9:17)
- 20 Noah's Sons: The World's Mixture of Curse and Blessing (9:18–Chap. 10)
- 21 Failed Tower and Fading Family: Life's Fragmentation (Chap. 11)
- Part Five The Story of Abraham
- 22 Abram Journeys and Sees the Land (Chaps. 12–13)
- 23 War—And Vision of a Covenant (Chaps. 14–15)
- 24 Personal Conflict, and Vision of a Deeper Covenant (Chaps. 16–17)
- 25 Sodom: Generosity‐Based Justice (18:1–19:29)
- 26 Abraham and Isaac Among the Nations (19:30–Chap. 21)
- 27 Facing Death (Chaps. 22–23)
- 28 Rebekah, Betrothal, and Genealogy (24:1–25:18)
- Part Six The Story of Jacob
- 29 Isaac's Jacob‐Oriented Journey (25:19–26:33)
- 30 Blessing and Betrothal: Jacob Deceives and Is Deceived (26:34–29:30)
- 31 Jacob's Children and Flocks (29:31–Chap. 30)
- 32 The Long Journey Homeward (Chaps. 31–33)
- 33 From Paralysis to Pilgrimage (34:1–35:20)
- 34 Genealogies: Jacob Declines and Esau Prospers (35:21–37:1)
- The Story of Joseph
- 35 Prophecy and Conversion (37:2–Chap. 38)
- 36 Joseph: The Initiatory Trials (Chaps. 39–40)
- 37 Remembering Joseph: His Rise and the Brothers' Conversion (Chaps. 41–42)
- 38 Back to Egypt: The Generosity That Brings Conversion (Chaps. 43–44)
- 39 Joseph Revealed: Vision‐Led Recovery of Relationship and Land (45:1–47:11)
- 40 Amid Famine and Death: Life and Blessing (47:12–Chap. 48)
- 41 Jacob's Death and Burial (Chaps. 49–50)
- Appendix One Tracing Sources: Toward Clarifying the Criteria for Detecting Sources
- Appendix Two Sources: Genesis's Use of the Prophets
- Appendix Three Sources: Genesis's Use of Homer's Odyssey
- Appendix Four Sources: The Theory of Four Hypothetical Documents (J, E, D, and P)
- Appendix Five Landmarks in the Development of Literature: Toward a Map of Language, Writing, and Literature
- Appendix Six The Landscape and the Lion: Genesis and the Gospels
- Appendix Seven Genesis in the Lectionaries
- Bibliography
- Index to Modern Authors
- Subject Index
(p.563) Index to Modern Authors
(p.563) Index to Modern Authors
- Source:
- Genesis as Dialogue
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Method
- Abbreviations
- Part One The Text and Its Immediate Context (Genesis‐Kings, “The Primary History”)
- 1 Genesis's Unity
- 2 Further Evidence of Genesis's Unity
- 3 The Quest for the Theory Behind the Diptychs
- 4 The Diptych Structure: Original or Redactional?
- 5 Genesis as Part of a Larger Unity (The Primary History, Genesis‐Kings)
- Part Two Historical Background
- 6 The Historical and Social Background
- 7 Greco‐Persian Features
- 8 Verifiable Sources
- 9 Toward Detecting the Process of Composition
- 10 Date, Place, and People: A Summary of Key Arguments
- Part Three Genesis's Content and Meaning
- 11 Genesis's Central Concern
- 12 Genesis and History
- 13 Genesis and Psychology
- 14 Genesis and Spirituality
- 15 Genesis as a Reflection of the Complexity of Life
- Part Four Beginnings
- 16 Creation and Its Harmony (1:1–2:24)
- 17 Sin and Its Disharmony: Crime and Punishment (2:25–4:16)
- 18 Genealogies: From More Disharmony to Restoration (4:17–Chap. 5)
- 19 The Flood's Creation: More Sinful, More Compassionate (6:1–9:17)
- 20 Noah's Sons: The World's Mixture of Curse and Blessing (9:18–Chap. 10)
- 21 Failed Tower and Fading Family: Life's Fragmentation (Chap. 11)
- Part Five The Story of Abraham
- 22 Abram Journeys and Sees the Land (Chaps. 12–13)
- 23 War—And Vision of a Covenant (Chaps. 14–15)
- 24 Personal Conflict, and Vision of a Deeper Covenant (Chaps. 16–17)
- 25 Sodom: Generosity‐Based Justice (18:1–19:29)
- 26 Abraham and Isaac Among the Nations (19:30–Chap. 21)
- 27 Facing Death (Chaps. 22–23)
- 28 Rebekah, Betrothal, and Genealogy (24:1–25:18)
- Part Six The Story of Jacob
- 29 Isaac's Jacob‐Oriented Journey (25:19–26:33)
- 30 Blessing and Betrothal: Jacob Deceives and Is Deceived (26:34–29:30)
- 31 Jacob's Children and Flocks (29:31–Chap. 30)
- 32 The Long Journey Homeward (Chaps. 31–33)
- 33 From Paralysis to Pilgrimage (34:1–35:20)
- 34 Genealogies: Jacob Declines and Esau Prospers (35:21–37:1)
- The Story of Joseph
- 35 Prophecy and Conversion (37:2–Chap. 38)
- 36 Joseph: The Initiatory Trials (Chaps. 39–40)
- 37 Remembering Joseph: His Rise and the Brothers' Conversion (Chaps. 41–42)
- 38 Back to Egypt: The Generosity That Brings Conversion (Chaps. 43–44)
- 39 Joseph Revealed: Vision‐Led Recovery of Relationship and Land (45:1–47:11)
- 40 Amid Famine and Death: Life and Blessing (47:12–Chap. 48)
- 41 Jacob's Death and Burial (Chaps. 49–50)
- Appendix One Tracing Sources: Toward Clarifying the Criteria for Detecting Sources
- Appendix Two Sources: Genesis's Use of the Prophets
- Appendix Three Sources: Genesis's Use of Homer's Odyssey
- Appendix Four Sources: The Theory of Four Hypothetical Documents (J, E, D, and P)
- Appendix Five Landmarks in the Development of Literature: Toward a Map of Language, Writing, and Literature
- Appendix Six The Landscape and the Lion: Genesis and the Gospels
- Appendix Seven Genesis in the Lectionaries
- Bibliography
- Index to Modern Authors
- Subject Index
