The Plot-Structure of Genesis : 'Will the Righteous Seed Survive?' in the Muthos-Logical Movement from Complication to Dénouement.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Story of Plot and the Book of Genesis -- The Story of Plot -- The Moral of the Story of Plot -- Two Criteria for Assessing Plot-structure -- Do All the Narrative Episodes Contribute to the Plot-structure? -- Does the Proposed Plot-structure Work Together with Recognized Features of Genesis? -- The Plot of Genesis -- What is Righteousness? -- Chapter 2 A Muthos-logical Reading Strategy for Genesis -- The Tôlĕdôt Headings and the Plot-structure of Genesis -- Thomas' Ready-made Solution? The Influence of Genealogy on the Macrostructure of the Text -- Steinberg, Tengström, and Koch and the Genealogico-narrative Arrangement of Genesis -- A Suggested Macrostructure for the Book of Genesis -- A Summary of the Approach -- Chapter 3 In the Beginning: The Return to God's Creation-sanctuary -- Genesis 1: The Sanctuary as the Controlling Metaphor for Creation -- Literary Shaping in Genesis 1 -- Sanctuary Symbolism in Genesis 1 -- Genesis 2-3: Can Humanity Return to God's Creation-sanctuary? -- Genesis 2: Focusing in on Humanity in YHWH God's Creation-sanctuary -- Genesis 2:5-17: The Creation of Man Narrative -- Genesis 2:18-25: The Creation of Woman Narrative -- Genesis 3: Expulsion from the Creation-sanctuary and the Plot of Scripture -- Genesis 4: The Matrix of Plot for the Book of Genesis -- Comparing and Contrasting Genesis 3-4: Delineating Two Lines of Seed -- The Complication of Genesis: Will the Righteous Seed Survive? -- Genesis 4 as Matrix of Motifs -- Summary: The Complication that Drives the Narrative -- Chapter 4 The Noah Plexus: The Undoing of the Undoing of Creation -- The Structure of the Narrative -- The Creation Allusions in the Flood Narrative -- Parallels in ANE Literature -- A Thinking Together of the Flood Narrative.

The Shem, Ham and Japheth Tôlĕdôt -- The Noah Plexus Summary -- Chapter 5 The Terah Plexus: Testing the Righteousness of Abraham -- The Structure of the Narrative -- Enigmatic Features of the Terah Tôlĕdôt Strand -- Abraham as the Promised, Righteous Seed -- Who is the Heir? The High Point of Confusion is the Turning Point of the Narrative -- Abraham's Lack of Righteousness Threatens the Survival of the Seed -- The First Wife-sister Story: Abraham's Lack of Righteousness -- The Abraham and Lot Stories: The Importance of the Righteousness of the Seed -- Confluence of the Righteousness and Seed Motifs and the Climax of the Plot -- The Second Wife-sister Story: The Righteousness of the Seed and the Nations -- The Akedah: The Ultimate Threat to the Seed -- The Terah Plexus Summary -- Chapter 6 The Isaac Plexus: Whatever Happened to the Righteousness of the Seed? -- The Structure of the Narrative -- The Development of the Plot of the Isaac Tôlĕdôt -- The Beginning of the Plot: The Older Will Serve the Younger -- Like Father, Like Son -- YHWH's Covenant Confirmation to Isaac -- Isaac's Wife-sister Story -- The Well Narratives -- Jacob Steals the Blessing of Isaac -- Jacob at Bethel -- Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel: The Beginning of the Betrothal Type-scene -- Rachel and Leah Struggle for Sons -- Jacob Struggles for Blessing -- Jacob Escapes Haran: The End of the Betrothal Type-scene -- Jacob Struggles with God -- Jacob and Esau -- Jacob and the Nations -- The Anticlimax of the Jacob Narrative -- The Isaac Plexus Summary -- Chapter 7 The Jacob Plexus and Dénouement: God Will Ensure the Righteousness and Survival of the Seed -- The Structure of the Narrative -- Identifying the Plot of the Narrative: Cain and Abel Redivivus -- Genesis 37: The Beginning of the End -- Genesis 38: The Nadir of Genesis, Reprise -- The Final Test of Righteousness.

The Dénouement: The Righteousness and Survival of the Seed -- Chapter 8 Conclusion: Plot-structure in Genesis and Beyond -- The Paradigm Shift of Muthos-logical Reading -- Evaluating the Plot-structure with Two Control Questions -- Do All the Narrative Episodes Contribute to the Plot-structure? -- Does the Proposed Plot-structure Work Together with Recognized Features of Genesis? -- The Implications of Plot-structure in Genesis and Beyond -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Texts -- Index of Authors.

In The Plot-structure of Genesis Todd L. Patterson argues that Genesis is organized by a development from complication to dénouement. The question 'Will the righteous seed survive?' drives the narrative to climax.

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