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Resources for Genesis
(Check the
Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
 | Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
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Genesis at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about
Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based
self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced
Studies also available at their site. |
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Bible Briefs, Genesis: study guide from Virginia Theological
Seminary. |
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Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary
and Divrei Torah. |
| Genesis,
Wikipedia. |
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Book of Genesis, Benno Jacob, Emil Hirsch, Jewish Encyclopedia. |
| "Reading
Genesis," article specially designed for the web by Dr. David R. Blumenthal,
Professor of Judaic Studies, Emory University. |
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"Introduction to
the Book of Genesis," booklet & study by Dom Henry Wansbrough. |
| Introduction,
Outline, and
Selected Bibliography for
the Book of Genesis, by David Malick at the Biblical
Studies Foundation. |
| Bible
Basics by NetMinistries.
(Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words) |
| Genesis in the
World
Wide Study Bible. |
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Walking
Through the Bible: Genesis. |
| Biblenotes
summary: Genesis. |
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| Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
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On Genesis,
and From the
Commentary of the Holy Hippolytus of Rome, upon Genesis, exegetical fragments by
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c.225) |
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Bereishit - Genesis, text with Rashi's commentary, chabad.org. |
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Genesis, Geneva Study Bible, 1599. |
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Genesis, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706. |
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Genesis, Wesley's Notes, c 1760. |
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Genesis, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and
Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871. |
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Genesis, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917. |
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"Myth:
In the Beginning," and
"Legend:
Covenant with the Fathers," Davie Napier, in From Faith to
Faith: Essays on Old Testament Literature, 1955. Full text online at Religion
Online. |
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Genesis 1-11: The Primeval Story and
Genesis 12-50: The Ancestral Story, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old
Testament: An introduction to the Hebrew Bible, 1999. |
| "Brothers
Reconciled: Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle A, Genesis,"
Living
the Word by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Sojouners
Online, July-August, 1999. |
| Genesis:
In the Beginning study at Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman's
CrossMark
Christian Resources. |
| Mysteries of
Genesis, Charles Fillmore. Complete online text at the
Unity Home Page. |
| The
Book of Genesis, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com. |
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Expository
Notes on Genesis, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary,
2005 edition. |
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Free Bible
Commentary, Genesis 1-11, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East
Texas Baptist University. |
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| Articles and Background:
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Genesis Reconsidered, Time.Com. |
| Genesis: A Living
Conversation. Study Guide & other resources relating to the PBS series with Bill
Moyers. |
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"Who
Were the Hebrews?" Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and
Literature, 1968. |
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"Speaking the Language of Canaan: The Old Testament and the Israelite
Perception of the Physical World - How the Scriptures Appropriate
Non-Hebraic World Views," Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute,
1991. |
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Genesis, Volume XIV, Number 2 (1994),
Word and World, Luther
Seminary. Many articles. |
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"Preaching from the Book of Genesis," Mark A. Throntveit,
Word & World
"Texts in Context", 1994. |
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"Polytheism
in Genesis: Ba'al and Ashtoreth vs. Yahweh," Sol Abrams, The Skeptical Review,
1994. |
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"What's
New in Interpreting Genesis," Paul E Koptak, The Covenant Quarterly,
1995. |
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"The
Trace of the Author in the Text," Hugh C. White,
Semeia 71: Textual Determinacy, Part Two, 1995. |
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"The Female Threat in Genesis," Shana Mauer,
Women in Judaism:
Contemporary Writings. |
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"The
Significance of the 'Sons of God' Episode (Genesis 6.1-4) in the Context of
the 'Primaeval History' (Genesis 1-11)," by David J. A. Clines, On
the Way to the Postmodern: Old Testament Essays 1967-1998. |
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"Genesis and
Family Values," David L. Petersen, Journal of Biblical Literature,
2005. |
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"Ein theologischer
Ansatz zum Verständnis der Altarbaunotizen der Genesis," Siegbert
Riecker, Biblica, 2006. English
Abstract. |
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"Reflections
on the Composition of Genesis," Bill T. Arnold, Bible and
Interpretation, 2008. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Carr, David,
"Untamable Text of an Untamable God: Genesis and Rethinking the Character of
Scripture," Interpretation, 2000. |
| Greidanus, Sidney, "Detecting Plot Lines: The Key to
Preaching the Genesis Narratives," Calvin Theological Journal,
2008.
Image Browse -
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| Houk, Cornelius B., "Response Concerning Genesis and
Statistics," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
Image Browse -
PDF |
| Houk, Cornelius B.,
"Statistical Analysis of Genesis Sources," Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2002. |
| Petersen, David L.,
"Genesis and Family Values," Journal of Biblical Literature,
2005. |
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| Reviews:
| 1999:
 | Brown, William P., The Ethos of the Cosmos: The Genesis of Moral
Imagination in the Bible. Eerdmans, 1999.
Review by William Yarchin in SBL's
Review of
Biblical Literature. |
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| 2000:
| Grossfield, Bernard, Targum Neofiti 1: An Exegetical Commentary to
Genesis, Including Full Rabbinic Parallels. Sepher-Hermon, 2000.
Review by Moshe J. Bernstein in SBL's
Review of
Biblical Literature. |
| Hartley, John E., Genesis (New International Biblical Commentary).
Hendrickson, 2000.
Review by David L. Petersen in SBL's
Review of
Biblical Literature. |
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| 2001:
| Borgman, Paul, Genesis: The Story We Haven't Heard.
InterVarsity Press, 2001.
Review by Roy E. Gane in SBL's
Review of
Biblical Literature. |
| Brodie, Thomas L., Genesis as Dialogue: A Literary, Historical, and
Theological Commentary. Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Review by David
L. Petersen in SBL's Review of
Biblical Literature. |
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Review by
Barbara Green in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. |
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| Habel, Norman C. and Shirley Wurst, eds., The Earth Story in Genesis.
Pilgrim, 2001.
Reviews by Kristin Swenson-Méndez and Nancy R. Bowen (2
reviews) in SBL's Review of
Biblical Literature. |
| Humphreys, W. Lee, The Character of God in the Book of Genesis.
Westminster John Knox, 2001.
Review by Randall C Bailey in
The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
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| 2002:
| Lim, Johnson T.K., Grace in the Midst of Judgment: Grappling with
Genesis 1 - 11. Walter de Gruyter, 2002.
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Review by R. Christopher
Heard in SBL's Review of
Biblical Literature. |
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Review by David G Graves, Trinity Journal, 2004. |
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| 2003:
| Capon, Robert Farrar, Genesis: The Movie.
Eerdmans, 2003.
Review
by John Vassar,
Review of Biblical
Literature. |
| Kass, Leon R., The Beginning of Wisdom:
Reading Genesis. University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Review by Theodore Mullen, Jr., Review of Biblical Literature,
2007. |
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| 2004:
| Kessler,
Martin and Karel Deurloo, A Commentary on Genesis: The Book of
Beginnings. Paulist, 2004.
Review by David Bosworth in SBL's
Review of Biblical
Literature, 2004. |
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| 2005:
| Berrigan, Daniel, Genesis: Fair Beginnings,
Then Foul. Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
Review by Dan W. Clanton, Jr., Review of Biblical Literature,
2007. |
| Hendel, Ronald, Remembering Abraham: Culture,
Memory, and History in the Hebrew Bible. Oxford University Press,
2005.
Review by Athalya Brenner, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005. |
| Longman III, Tremper, How To Read Genesis.
InterVarsity Press, 2005.
Review
by George Heider, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
| Mathews, Kenneth, The New American Commentary:
Genesis 11:27-50:26. Boardman & Holman, 2005.
Review
by Thomas Hieke, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005. |
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| 2006:
| Collins, C. John, Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic,
Literary, and Theological Commentary. P&R Publishing, 2006.
Review by Philippe Guillaume, Review of Biblical Literature,
2008. |
| Taylor, Marion Ann and Heather E. Weir, eds.,
Let Her Speak for Herself: Nineteenth-Century Women Writing on Women
in Genesis, Baylor University Press, 2006.
Review by Frances Klopper, Review of Biblical Literature,
2008. |
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