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Creation, Sin and Reconciliation : Reading Primordial and Patriarchal Narrative in the Book of Genesis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (340 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443888509
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Creation, Sin and ReconciliationDDC classification:
  • 222.11060000000001
LOC classification:
  • BS1235.2 -- .L484 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Biblical Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Book of Genesis -- Origins -- Structure -- Theories of authorship -- Contexts: Genesis and the Pentateuch -- Genesis Today -- A. Primordial Narrative -- Creation and Sin: Genesis 1-11 -- 1. Genesis 1-2: The Book of Beginnings -- The nature of the Book -- Introduction to Creation Narratives -- 1) The Creation of the universe and of single creatures -- 2) Distinction between Creation and Beginnings -- 3) God can create in different ways -- Archaeological background -- 1.1 Genesis 1: the beginning of the earth -- The first problem -- The second problem -- Interpreting creation: the Six Days of Creation -- Is the Creation Narrative really a narrative? -- Delimitation of the Text -- The division of the text -- The main structuring elements -- The Primeval Chaos -- First Day-Light -- Second Day-Firmament -- Third Day-Land, Sea, Plants -- Fourth Day-Sun, Moon, Stars -- Fifth Day-Sea Life and Birds created -- The Sixth Day-Land, Life and Man Created -- The Creation of Man -- 1) The work of God -- 2) The Image and Likeness of God -- 3) Man's Power -- 1.2 Genesis 2-The Seventh Day and the Garden of Eden -- Genesis 2: 1-5a -- Stylistic elements -- Interpretation: the Meaning of the Seventh Day -- Different Modes of Narration -- Reflection on Gen 1-2:5 -- Separation, the Universal Unconscious and Psychology -- Gen 2:5b-Gen 3 -- The Second Creation Account of Man -- Adam moulded from the clay of the earth -- The Garden of Eden -- Interpretation -- Problems of translation -- Narrative analysis (Gen 2:4-25) -- Themes -- Style -- Meanings -- The Garden and the Trees -- Man's Testing in Eden (Gen 2:15-17) -- The Stream divided into Four Rivers -- The Command and the Prohibition -- The Creation of the Animals -- The Creation of Woman (Gen 2:21-25).
Conclusion -- The Two Versions of Creation (Genesis 1 &amp -- 2) -- Style and Thematic Purposefulness -- Reflections on Genesis 1 &amp -- 2 -- Creation reflected in human action (activity and productivity) -- Creation and human superiority -- Creation and the laws of nature -- Creation: heaven and earth -- Creation as covenant -- Creation and dominion -- Finding the original context -- B. Primordial Narrative -- 2. Genesis 3-11: The Responsibility of Man -- 2.1 Genesis 3 -- What is the responsibility of Man? -- Delimitation of the Text -- Narrative analysis -- The moments of the story -- The Narrative as Theology -- The Narrative as a Judgement -- 1) The Offence (3:1-7) -- 2) Enquiry (3:8-13) -- 3) Sentence (3:14-19) -- 4) Execution (3:20-24) (cf. Galatians 5) -- The Meaning of the Narrative -- 1) The symbolic meaning of the Serpent -- 2) The meaning of the Tree of Knowledge and eating of its fruit ("to eat") -- 3) What does the deceit of the Serpent mean? -- 4) What is the meaning of "not eating"? -- 5) The meaning of curses and punishments -- The Primal Parents and Personality -- Other Ancient Near Eastern Creation Stories -- 2.2 Genesis 4 -- Delimitation of the Text -- The idea of justice in the Bible -- Genesis 4 as a unit -- 1) Narrative Analysis -- 2) Stylistic Analysis (juridical elements) -- Egyptian Analogies -- The Mark of Cain -- The Narrative as Theology -- The Meaning of the Text -- Archaeological Light -- 2.3 Genesis 5: The Messianic Line -- Genesis 6-9: The Flood -- 2.4 Genesis 6 -- Delimitation of the Text -- Translation -- Narrative Analysis -- Narrative Features -- Point of View or Perspective -- The Competence of the Reader -- The Construction of the Ark -- The Narrative as Theology -- Archaeological Light -- The Hebrew and Babylonian Flood Stories -- 2.5 Genesis 7-8 -- The Narrative Moments -- Archaeological Light.
The Description of the Flood -- Key Symbols -- 1) The Water of the Flood -- 2) The Ark -- 3) The Calendar -- 4) The Birds -- 5) The mountains -- 6) The rainbow -- The Two Different Accounts of the Flood -- 2.6 Genesis 9 -- The Elements of the Covenant -- Noah's Drunkenness and Prophecy of the Nations -- Delimitation of the Text -- Stylistic Analysis -- The Meaning of the Text -- The Primitive Patriarch Noah and Growth in Human Personality -- Archaeological Light -- 2.7 Genesis 10: The Ethnographical Table -- 2.8 Genesis 11-The Tower of Babel -- Delimitation of the Text -- Narrative Analysis -- Narrative Reflection -- Style -- Structure -- The Meaning of the Text -- Archaeological Light -- The Languages of Babel and the Origins of the Story -- Reflection on Creation and the Fall -- C. Patriarchal Narrative -- 3. Genesis 32-33 -- Jacob as Hero -- Introduction and Origins -- Narrative Summary -- Structural Analysis -- Prelude: Encounter with Angels -- Jacob at the Jabbok: The Encounter with God -- Jacob at the Jabbok: Origins and Etiologies -- The Motif of Homecoming -- The Meeting of the Brothers -- Narrative Modalities -- Stylistic and Semantic Analysis -- Genesis 32 -- Genesis 33 -- Stylistic Features -- D. Patriarchal Narrative -- 4. Genesis 37-50 -- Ways of Reading the Story -- Where does the story end? -- The Role of God -- 4.1 Genesis 37 -- Gen 37:1-11-The Beloved Son of Jacob -- Gen 37:12-17-The Hatred of Joseph's Brothers -- Gen 37:18-28-Joseph sold into slavery -- Gen 37: 29-38-Reuben the Firstborn -- Reflection -- 4.2 Genesis 38 -- Parenthetical Story: Judah's Shame as Progenitor of the Messiah -- 1) The Narrative Shift -- 2) The Real Start of the Story -- 3) Structural-Stylistic Analysis -- 4) The Irony of the Story -- 4.3 Genesis 39 -- 1) Structure -- 2) The Role of the Narrator -- 3) Stylistic Analysis -- Egyptian Analogies.
4.4 Genesis 40 -- The Moments in the Story -- The Role of the Narrator -- Stylistic Analysis -- 4.5 Genesis 41 -- Structure of the Text -- Some Peculiarities -- Stylistic Analysis -- The Rise of Joseph: Stylistic and Semantic Analysis -- Archaeological Background -- Egyptian Analogies -- Joseph Revealed to His Brothers: Genesis 42-45 -- 4.6 Genesis 42 -- Narrative Analysis -- 1) The formal structure of the text -- 2) The Narrative Structure of the Text -- 3) Narration Time and Narrative Time -- 4) The Narrator -- Style -- Stylistic and Semantic Analysis -- 4.7 Genesis 43-44 -- Narrative Analysis -- Stylistic Analysis -- What is Necessary for the Survival of the Family? -- Gen 44:1-17 -- Joseph's Silver Cup -- Judah's Discourse -- 1) Construction -- 2) Progression -- 3) Reversal -- 4.8 Genesis 45 -- 1) Construction -- 2) Narrative Features -- 3) The Thread of the Passage -- 4) The Centre of the Passage: the Function of the News -- 5) Re-Reading Connections -- 4.9 Genesis 46-47 -- 1) The Vision of God at Beersheba -- 2) The Journey of Jacob -- 3) The Moments of the Narration -- 4) The Different Scenes of the Story -- 5) The Thread in the Narration -- 6) Commentary -- 7) The Meeting between Jacob and Joseph Gen 46:30 -- 8) Jacob Blesses Pharaoh Gen 47:1-10 -- Archaeological Light -- 4.10 Genesis 47 -- Formal Structure -- The Technique of Gradation -- The Meaning -- 4.11 Genesis 47:27-48:22 -- Formal Structure -- Stylistic Analysis -- 4.12 Genesis 49 -- 4.13 Genesis 50 -- Jacob's Decease and Burial (Gen 50: 1-13) -- Delimitation of the Text -- The Return to Egypt -- Narrative Analysis -- The Death of Joseph (Gen 50:22-26) -- 4.14 The Conclusion of the Joseph Story -- 4.15 Joseph the Messianic Patriarch -- Comparisons between Joseph and Jesus -- 1) Narrative Comparisons -- 2) Thematic Comparisons -- 4.16 Joseph as World Hero -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
Index -- 1. Biblical References -- 2. Index of Biblical Names -- 3. Index of Places, Objects, Images and Themes -- 4. Index of Texts and Scholars.
Summary: This volume considers aspects of the Book of Genesis; as the first book of the Torah, and hence of the Bible, its position is unique, especially in its provision of the foundational stories of Creation, the emergence of mankind, and the beginning of human society. Through close reading of chapters 1-11, 32-33 and 37-50 (the beginning, middle and end of Genesis), with consideration of the language, style and possible implications of the text, this approach explores the fundamental themes of Berishit and the enduring relevance of its powerful message for humanity and our place in the world. The method is both synchronic (a literary, exegetic analysis of the received text), and diachronic (a more historical consideration of other forms of interpretation, whether archaeological, theological, philosophical, generic or comparative). The mystery of creation and the origins of the world and humankind are enduringly important, and with the rise of interest in cosmology and ever-growing ecological concerns for the earth and its sustainability, nothing could be more topical. Where do we come from? What is our place in the world? What is our responsibility for it? Intimately related to Creation are the nature of human origins and the mystery of the beautiful yet disturbing imperfection of human nature and society. Why are we as we are? What does this mean for concepts of family, community and nation? The Patriarchal Narratives of the forebears of Ancient Israel (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph) provide some of the most enduring stories of election, mission, endeavour and interaction in the annals of world literature. The power and unwavering truthfulness of these stories hold a mirror to human behaviour with seemingly fathomless implications. They provide a dynamic, a positive way forward in reflecting on the intractable hostility that perennially blightsSummary: the history of humankind. The recurrence of universal themes and symbols generated in Genesis and found throughout the Bible (and in wider folk literature) emphasizes the conceptual unity of a Great Code of meaning, and is pertinent to a canonical reading of Scripture; for example, Joseph's story prefigures that of Jesus, and posits reconciliation as the very harbinger of salvation.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Biblical Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Book of Genesis -- Origins -- Structure -- Theories of authorship -- Contexts: Genesis and the Pentateuch -- Genesis Today -- A. Primordial Narrative -- Creation and Sin: Genesis 1-11 -- 1. Genesis 1-2: The Book of Beginnings -- The nature of the Book -- Introduction to Creation Narratives -- 1) The Creation of the universe and of single creatures -- 2) Distinction between Creation and Beginnings -- 3) God can create in different ways -- Archaeological background -- 1.1 Genesis 1: the beginning of the earth -- The first problem -- The second problem -- Interpreting creation: the Six Days of Creation -- Is the Creation Narrative really a narrative? -- Delimitation of the Text -- The division of the text -- The main structuring elements -- The Primeval Chaos -- First Day-Light -- Second Day-Firmament -- Third Day-Land, Sea, Plants -- Fourth Day-Sun, Moon, Stars -- Fifth Day-Sea Life and Birds created -- The Sixth Day-Land, Life and Man Created -- The Creation of Man -- 1) The work of God -- 2) The Image and Likeness of God -- 3) Man's Power -- 1.2 Genesis 2-The Seventh Day and the Garden of Eden -- Genesis 2: 1-5a -- Stylistic elements -- Interpretation: the Meaning of the Seventh Day -- Different Modes of Narration -- Reflection on Gen 1-2:5 -- Separation, the Universal Unconscious and Psychology -- Gen 2:5b-Gen 3 -- The Second Creation Account of Man -- Adam moulded from the clay of the earth -- The Garden of Eden -- Interpretation -- Problems of translation -- Narrative analysis (Gen 2:4-25) -- Themes -- Style -- Meanings -- The Garden and the Trees -- Man's Testing in Eden (Gen 2:15-17) -- The Stream divided into Four Rivers -- The Command and the Prohibition -- The Creation of the Animals -- The Creation of Woman (Gen 2:21-25).

Conclusion -- The Two Versions of Creation (Genesis 1 &amp -- 2) -- Style and Thematic Purposefulness -- Reflections on Genesis 1 &amp -- 2 -- Creation reflected in human action (activity and productivity) -- Creation and human superiority -- Creation and the laws of nature -- Creation: heaven and earth -- Creation as covenant -- Creation and dominion -- Finding the original context -- B. Primordial Narrative -- 2. Genesis 3-11: The Responsibility of Man -- 2.1 Genesis 3 -- What is the responsibility of Man? -- Delimitation of the Text -- Narrative analysis -- The moments of the story -- The Narrative as Theology -- The Narrative as a Judgement -- 1) The Offence (3:1-7) -- 2) Enquiry (3:8-13) -- 3) Sentence (3:14-19) -- 4) Execution (3:20-24) (cf. Galatians 5) -- The Meaning of the Narrative -- 1) The symbolic meaning of the Serpent -- 2) The meaning of the Tree of Knowledge and eating of its fruit ("to eat") -- 3) What does the deceit of the Serpent mean? -- 4) What is the meaning of "not eating"? -- 5) The meaning of curses and punishments -- The Primal Parents and Personality -- Other Ancient Near Eastern Creation Stories -- 2.2 Genesis 4 -- Delimitation of the Text -- The idea of justice in the Bible -- Genesis 4 as a unit -- 1) Narrative Analysis -- 2) Stylistic Analysis (juridical elements) -- Egyptian Analogies -- The Mark of Cain -- The Narrative as Theology -- The Meaning of the Text -- Archaeological Light -- 2.3 Genesis 5: The Messianic Line -- Genesis 6-9: The Flood -- 2.4 Genesis 6 -- Delimitation of the Text -- Translation -- Narrative Analysis -- Narrative Features -- Point of View or Perspective -- The Competence of the Reader -- The Construction of the Ark -- The Narrative as Theology -- Archaeological Light -- The Hebrew and Babylonian Flood Stories -- 2.5 Genesis 7-8 -- The Narrative Moments -- Archaeological Light.

The Description of the Flood -- Key Symbols -- 1) The Water of the Flood -- 2) The Ark -- 3) The Calendar -- 4) The Birds -- 5) The mountains -- 6) The rainbow -- The Two Different Accounts of the Flood -- 2.6 Genesis 9 -- The Elements of the Covenant -- Noah's Drunkenness and Prophecy of the Nations -- Delimitation of the Text -- Stylistic Analysis -- The Meaning of the Text -- The Primitive Patriarch Noah and Growth in Human Personality -- Archaeological Light -- 2.7 Genesis 10: The Ethnographical Table -- 2.8 Genesis 11-The Tower of Babel -- Delimitation of the Text -- Narrative Analysis -- Narrative Reflection -- Style -- Structure -- The Meaning of the Text -- Archaeological Light -- The Languages of Babel and the Origins of the Story -- Reflection on Creation and the Fall -- C. Patriarchal Narrative -- 3. Genesis 32-33 -- Jacob as Hero -- Introduction and Origins -- Narrative Summary -- Structural Analysis -- Prelude: Encounter with Angels -- Jacob at the Jabbok: The Encounter with God -- Jacob at the Jabbok: Origins and Etiologies -- The Motif of Homecoming -- The Meeting of the Brothers -- Narrative Modalities -- Stylistic and Semantic Analysis -- Genesis 32 -- Genesis 33 -- Stylistic Features -- D. Patriarchal Narrative -- 4. Genesis 37-50 -- Ways of Reading the Story -- Where does the story end? -- The Role of God -- 4.1 Genesis 37 -- Gen 37:1-11-The Beloved Son of Jacob -- Gen 37:12-17-The Hatred of Joseph's Brothers -- Gen 37:18-28-Joseph sold into slavery -- Gen 37: 29-38-Reuben the Firstborn -- Reflection -- 4.2 Genesis 38 -- Parenthetical Story: Judah's Shame as Progenitor of the Messiah -- 1) The Narrative Shift -- 2) The Real Start of the Story -- 3) Structural-Stylistic Analysis -- 4) The Irony of the Story -- 4.3 Genesis 39 -- 1) Structure -- 2) The Role of the Narrator -- 3) Stylistic Analysis -- Egyptian Analogies.

4.4 Genesis 40 -- The Moments in the Story -- The Role of the Narrator -- Stylistic Analysis -- 4.5 Genesis 41 -- Structure of the Text -- Some Peculiarities -- Stylistic Analysis -- The Rise of Joseph: Stylistic and Semantic Analysis -- Archaeological Background -- Egyptian Analogies -- Joseph Revealed to His Brothers: Genesis 42-45 -- 4.6 Genesis 42 -- Narrative Analysis -- 1) The formal structure of the text -- 2) The Narrative Structure of the Text -- 3) Narration Time and Narrative Time -- 4) The Narrator -- Style -- Stylistic and Semantic Analysis -- 4.7 Genesis 43-44 -- Narrative Analysis -- Stylistic Analysis -- What is Necessary for the Survival of the Family? -- Gen 44:1-17 -- Joseph's Silver Cup -- Judah's Discourse -- 1) Construction -- 2) Progression -- 3) Reversal -- 4.8 Genesis 45 -- 1) Construction -- 2) Narrative Features -- 3) The Thread of the Passage -- 4) The Centre of the Passage: the Function of the News -- 5) Re-Reading Connections -- 4.9 Genesis 46-47 -- 1) The Vision of God at Beersheba -- 2) The Journey of Jacob -- 3) The Moments of the Narration -- 4) The Different Scenes of the Story -- 5) The Thread in the Narration -- 6) Commentary -- 7) The Meeting between Jacob and Joseph Gen 46:30 -- 8) Jacob Blesses Pharaoh Gen 47:1-10 -- Archaeological Light -- 4.10 Genesis 47 -- Formal Structure -- The Technique of Gradation -- The Meaning -- 4.11 Genesis 47:27-48:22 -- Formal Structure -- Stylistic Analysis -- 4.12 Genesis 49 -- 4.13 Genesis 50 -- Jacob's Decease and Burial (Gen 50: 1-13) -- Delimitation of the Text -- The Return to Egypt -- Narrative Analysis -- The Death of Joseph (Gen 50:22-26) -- 4.14 The Conclusion of the Joseph Story -- 4.15 Joseph the Messianic Patriarch -- Comparisons between Joseph and Jesus -- 1) Narrative Comparisons -- 2) Thematic Comparisons -- 4.16 Joseph as World Hero -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Index -- 1. Biblical References -- 2. Index of Biblical Names -- 3. Index of Places, Objects, Images and Themes -- 4. Index of Texts and Scholars.

This volume considers aspects of the Book of Genesis; as the first book of the Torah, and hence of the Bible, its position is unique, especially in its provision of the foundational stories of Creation, the emergence of mankind, and the beginning of human society. Through close reading of chapters 1-11, 32-33 and 37-50 (the beginning, middle and end of Genesis), with consideration of the language, style and possible implications of the text, this approach explores the fundamental themes of Berishit and the enduring relevance of its powerful message for humanity and our place in the world. The method is both synchronic (a literary, exegetic analysis of the received text), and diachronic (a more historical consideration of other forms of interpretation, whether archaeological, theological, philosophical, generic or comparative). The mystery of creation and the origins of the world and humankind are enduringly important, and with the rise of interest in cosmology and ever-growing ecological concerns for the earth and its sustainability, nothing could be more topical. Where do we come from? What is our place in the world? What is our responsibility for it? Intimately related to Creation are the nature of human origins and the mystery of the beautiful yet disturbing imperfection of human nature and society. Why are we as we are? What does this mean for concepts of family, community and nation? The Patriarchal Narratives of the forebears of Ancient Israel (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph) provide some of the most enduring stories of election, mission, endeavour and interaction in the annals of world literature. The power and unwavering truthfulness of these stories hold a mirror to human behaviour with seemingly fathomless implications. They provide a dynamic, a positive way forward in reflecting on the intractable hostility that perennially blights

the history of humankind. The recurrence of universal themes and symbols generated in Genesis and found throughout the Bible (and in wider folk literature) emphasizes the conceptual unity of a Great Code of meaning, and is pertinent to a canonical reading of Scripture; for example, Joseph's story prefigures that of Jesus, and posits reconciliation as the very harbinger of salvation.

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