Genesis 1-11 : a new translation with introduction and commentary / Ronald Hendel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hendel, Ronald S., author, translator.

Series:

Bible. English. Anchor Yale Bible. 2008 ; v. 1A.

The Anchor Yale Bible ; volume 1A

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Bible. Genesis, I-XI--Commentaries.

Bible.

Bible. Genesis, I-XI--Criticism, Textual.

Bible. Genesis, I-XI.

Genre:

Commentaries.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 466 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Genesis one-eleven

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

Text of Genesis 1-11 in English, translated from Hebrew; critical text in English.

Summary:

"The first eleven chapters of Genesis narrate the origin of the universe; the creation of the first human beings; the beginnings of moral reasoning, society, and culture; and the cataclysmic global flood. By showing how life and civilization came into being, Genesis 1-11 offers a richly drawn map for understanding the world as a meaningful cosmos and an ethical guide for human purpose and responsibility within it. The culmination of over thirty years of research, this long-awaited study by leading Genesis scholar Ronald Hendel is the first comprehensive scholarly commentary on Genesis 1-11 in a generation. Drawing on archaeological discoveries from Israel and the ancient Near East as well as contemporary methods of scholarship, it presents a multilayered view of the classic text. The extensive introduction, notes, and comments explore ancient textual versions and editions, historical contexts, literary style and design, compositional history, cosmology, ethics, and the book's interpretive life in Judaism and Christianity. Featuring numerous illustrations, this engagingly written commentary is an indispensable, field-defining guide to the first eleven chapters of the Bible"--Jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction. I. Text, sources, and style ; II. The age of Genesis ; III. Genesis 1-11 ; IV. Sex, honor, and civilization : the moral world of Genesis 1-11 ; V. The interpretive life of Genesis ; VI. Synopsis of Arabasis, Gilgamesh, and Enuma Elish

Translation

Notes and comments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-90) and indexes.

Contains:

Container of: Bible. Genesis, I-XI. English. Hendel. 2024

ISBN:

9780300149739

0300149735

OCLC:

1428131905