Genesis: An Introduction and Study Guide

Megan Warner

ISBN 10: 0567676641 / ISBN 13: 9780567676641

Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB, 2024

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This study guide introduces students to the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. Megan Warner examines the book's structure and characteristics and covers the latest Biblical scholarship, including historical and interpretive issues.Discussing the nature of Genesis, its creation and purpose and its position within the Hebrew Bible, the themes and theology of creation/uncreation and promise/impossibility, Warner culminates with a number of approaches in which Genesis can be read in the postmodern world, from intersectional and intertextual to political and ecological. With suggestions of further reading at the end of each chapter, this guide is an essential accompaniment to study of the Book of Genesis.

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Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Genesis: An Introduction and Study Guide
• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, GB
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0567676641
• ISBN 13: 9780567676641
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Dimensioni: 15,6 L x 0,76 A x 23,39 P centimetri 15,6 centimetri di larghezza per 0,76 centimetri di altezza per 23,39 centimetri di profondità
• Peso: 400 grammi

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Riassunto

Introduces the Book of Genesis, examining its characteristics, historical context, and theological messaging, as well as its wider reception in literature, film, art and music.

Informazioni sull?autore

Megan Warner is Tutor in Old Testament Studies at Northern College, Manchester, UK and an Associate of the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of Re-Imagining Abraham: A Re-Assessment of the Influence of Deuteronomism in Genesis (2020), Joseph: A story of resilience (2020), Burridge, Sacks and Warner, Confronting Religious Violence: A Counternarrative (2018), and Abraham: A journey through Lent (2015). She is also co-editor of Tragedies and Christian Congregations: The Practical Theology of Trauma (2020). She is a Licensed Lay Minister in the Church of England and a member of its General Synod.