Reading for Unity in Genesis 1:1–11:9
Editat de Daniel B. Oden, J. David Starken Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 apr 2026
Discussing Genesis 1:1-11:9, the essays herein describe the hermeneutics of unity appeals from the Ancient Near East to the twenty-first century and in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The contributors particularly attend to these appeals' hermeneutical dimensions, asking why and how the appeals connect themselves to Genesis and how they foster a vision of unity in the process. Despite and, indeed, because of their differences, these appeals show what is common among those who seek unity in dialogue with Genesis and the traditions surrounding it.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781666962987
ISBN-10: 1666962988
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 3 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 150 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.8 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T&T Clark
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1666962988
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 3 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 150 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.8 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T&T Clark
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Introduction: "Hermeneutics, Unity, and Genesis 1:1-11:9", J. David Stark
Part 1: Reading for Unity in Genesis 1:1-3:24
Chapter One: "The Battle for the Bible: Evangelical Biblical Interpretation, Inerrancy, and Genesis 1-2", Todd M. Brenneman
Chapter Two: "Irenaeus on Genesis 1-2: The Unity of First and Last Things in the Economic Work of God", Joseph K. Gordon
Chapter Three: "Imag(in)ing Adam and the Messiah in a Hermeneutics of Unity", J. David Stark
Chapter Four: "'Seeing with Eyes Asquint': A Re-visionist Reading of Augustine's Teaching on Original Sin", Alden Bass
Chapter Five: "The Seven Faces of Eve: Reflections on Recent Reception Critical Analysis of the Character of Eve", Kevin Youngblood
Part 2: Reading for Unity in Genesis 4:1-11:9
Chapter Six: "Genesis 4 in 1 John 3: Cain and Abel as Models of Christian Division and Unity", Melvin L. Otey
Chapter Seven: "Inundation and Prophetic Inspiration: Noah's Flood in the Prophetic Literature", Kipp Swinney
Chapter Eight: "United We Fall: The Unifying Power of the Curse of Ham", Wes Crawford
Chapter Nine: "Unity and Exclusivity: The Table of Nations and Fictive Kinships in the Hellenistic World", Jared Saltz
Chapter Ten: "'In the Guise of Wrath Did He Give the Riches of His Beneficence': The Drama of Divine Pedagogy in Early Syrian Interpretations of Genesis 11:1-9", Jeff W. Childers
Chapter Eleven: "Resisting Babel: A Polemic against Imperial Power", John Mark Hicks
About the Contributors
Part 1: Reading for Unity in Genesis 1:1-3:24
Chapter One: "The Battle for the Bible: Evangelical Biblical Interpretation, Inerrancy, and Genesis 1-2", Todd M. Brenneman
Chapter Two: "Irenaeus on Genesis 1-2: The Unity of First and Last Things in the Economic Work of God", Joseph K. Gordon
Chapter Three: "Imag(in)ing Adam and the Messiah in a Hermeneutics of Unity", J. David Stark
Chapter Four: "'Seeing with Eyes Asquint': A Re-visionist Reading of Augustine's Teaching on Original Sin", Alden Bass
Chapter Five: "The Seven Faces of Eve: Reflections on Recent Reception Critical Analysis of the Character of Eve", Kevin Youngblood
Part 2: Reading for Unity in Genesis 4:1-11:9
Chapter Six: "Genesis 4 in 1 John 3: Cain and Abel as Models of Christian Division and Unity", Melvin L. Otey
Chapter Seven: "Inundation and Prophetic Inspiration: Noah's Flood in the Prophetic Literature", Kipp Swinney
Chapter Eight: "United We Fall: The Unifying Power of the Curse of Ham", Wes Crawford
Chapter Nine: "Unity and Exclusivity: The Table of Nations and Fictive Kinships in the Hellenistic World", Jared Saltz
Chapter Ten: "'In the Guise of Wrath Did He Give the Riches of His Beneficence': The Drama of Divine Pedagogy in Early Syrian Interpretations of Genesis 11:1-9", Jeff W. Childers
Chapter Eleven: "Resisting Babel: A Polemic against Imperial Power", John Mark Hicks
About the Contributors
Recenzii
Genesis has long fascinated Christian (and Jewish and other) readers because of its vision of the universal human experience of creatureliness before God, and its instantiation of that universality in the particular stories of recognizable human individuals and families. The Bible's first book exudes the dynamic tension between unity and diversity that also characterizes the church's life. In this learned and beautifully lucid book, a team of skilled authors and editors explore the possibilities of healthy unity emerging from the encounter between committed readers and the ancient biblical text. They exhibit not only the richness and variety of Christian readings responding to Genesis 1-11, but also the possibilities such readings raise for the church's ongoing life as a body experiencing its unity from a common baptism while also seeking deeper and more visible expressions of that unity in its irreducible diversity. A highly stimulating book, much to be commended.
Biblical studies are flourishing, with renewed attention to figurative and theological interpretation deepening our grasp of Scripture. In this volume, Stark and Oden gather leading scholars to explore Genesis 1-11 through the lens of the whole canon, uncovering its enduring theological significance. This cohesive collection advances hermeneutics and doctrinal theology alike, offering rich insights for scholars, theologians, and students committed to faithful exegesis.
These thought-provoking and imaginative studies in the hermeneutics of unity model a species of mediation-the laying of a biblically informed wisdom for the deep pastoral task of reconciliation in an often fractured and polarized church. As a pastor and a teacher, this important volume will continue to encourage and inspire me to pursue a loving and truthful unity that is animated by the Spirit of Pentecost.
Biblical studies are flourishing, with renewed attention to figurative and theological interpretation deepening our grasp of Scripture. In this volume, Stark and Oden gather leading scholars to explore Genesis 1-11 through the lens of the whole canon, uncovering its enduring theological significance. This cohesive collection advances hermeneutics and doctrinal theology alike, offering rich insights for scholars, theologians, and students committed to faithful exegesis.
These thought-provoking and imaginative studies in the hermeneutics of unity model a species of mediation-the laying of a biblically informed wisdom for the deep pastoral task of reconciliation in an often fractured and polarized church. As a pastor and a teacher, this important volume will continue to encourage and inspire me to pursue a loving and truthful unity that is animated by the Spirit of Pentecost.