Creation, Un-Creation, Re-Creation: A Discursive Commentary on Genesis 1-11

by Joseph Blenkinsopp

Book Overview

Joseph Blenkinsopp provides a new commentary on Genesis 1-11, the so-called 'Primeval History' in which the account of creation is given.

Blenkinsopp works with the conviction that, from a biblical point of view, creation cannot be restricted to a single event, nor to two versions of an event (as depicted in Genesis 1-3) but, rather, must take in the whole period of creation arranged in the sequence: creation - uncreation - recreation (as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567372871
• ISBN13: 9780567372871
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"