Resources for Genesis
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • 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.
  • Bible Briefs, Genesis: study guide from Virginia Theological Seminary.
  • Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
  • Genesis, Wikipedia.
  • 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.
  • "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.
  • Walking Through the Bible: Genesis.
  • Biblenotes summary: Genesis.
• Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
  • On Genesis, and From the Commentary of the Holy Hippolytus of Rome, upon Genesis, exegetical fragments by Hippolytus of Rome. (c.225)
  • Bereishit - Genesis, text with Rashi's commentary, chabad.org.
  • Genesis, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
  • Genesis, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
  • Genesis, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
  • Genesis, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
  • Genesis, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
  • "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.
  • 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.
  • Expository Notes on Genesis, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
  • Free Bible Commentary, Genesis 1-11, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
• Articles and Background:
  • Genesis Reconsidered, Time.Com.
  • Genesis: A Living Conversation. Study Guide & other resources relating to the PBS series with Bill Moyers.
  • "Who Were the Hebrews?" Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
  • "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.
  • Genesis, Volume XIV, Number 2 (1994), Word and World, Luther Seminary. Many articles.
  • "Preaching from the Book of Genesis," Mark A. Throntveit, Word & World "Texts in Context", 1994.
  • "Polytheism in Genesis: Ba'al and Ashtoreth vs. Yahweh," Sol Abrams, The Skeptical Review, 1994.
  • "What's New in Interpreting Genesis," Paul E Koptak, The Covenant Quarterly, 1995.
  • "The Trace of the Author in the Text," Hugh C. White, Semeia 71: Textual Determinacy, Part Two, 1995.
  • "The Female Threat in Genesis," Shana Mauer, Women in Judaism: Contemporary Writings.
  • "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.
  • "Genesis and Family Values," David L. Petersen, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2005.
  • "Ein theologischer Ansatz zum Verständnis der Altarbaunotizen der Genesis," Siegbert Riecker, Biblica, 2006. English Abstract.
  • "Reflections on the Composition of Genesis," Bill T. Arnold, Bible and Interpretation, 2008.
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  • Carr, David, "Untamable Text of an Untamable God: Genesis and Rethinking the Character of Scripture," Interpretation, 2000.
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  • Greidanus, Sidney, "Detecting Plot Lines: The Key to Preaching the Genesis Narratives,"  Calvin Theological Journal, 2008.
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  • Houk, Cornelius B., "Response Concerning Genesis and Statistics," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
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  • Houk, Cornelius B., "Statistical Analysis of Genesis Sources," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2002.
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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
      • Review by David L. Petersen in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
      • Review by Barbara Green in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
    • 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.
  • 2002:
    • Lim, Johnson T.K., Grace in the Midst of Judgment: Grappling with Genesis 1 - 11. Walter de Gruyter, 2002.
      • Review by R. Christopher Heard in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
      • Review by David G Graves, Trinity Journal, 2004.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
  • Creation
  • Garden of Eden
  • Adam/Eve
  • Noah/Flood/Rainbow
  • Tower of Babel
  • Abraham
  • Abraham and Isaac
  • Hagar/Ishmael
  • Rebecca
  • Jacob and Esau
  • Jacob's Ladder
  • Jacob, Rachel and Leah
  • Jacob Wrestling with an Angel
  • Joseph