Genesis as Dialogue: A Literary, Historical, & Theological Commentary
Recent
years have seen a remarkable surge in interest in the book of Genesis -
the first book of the Hebrew Bible, and a foundational text of Western
culture. In this new commentary, Thomas Brodie offers a complete and
accessible overview of Genesis from literary, theological, and
historical standpoints. Brodie's work is organized around three main
ideas. The first is that the primary subject of Genesis is human
existence; the second is that Genesis' basic organizational unity is
binary, or diptych. Brodie argues that the entire book is composed of
diptychs - accounts which, like some paintings, consist of two parts or
panels. Finally, Brodie contends that many of Genesis' sources still
exist, and can be identified and verified.
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