Creation, Procreation and Isolation : An Anthropological Introduction to Genesis / John Forrest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forrest, Jon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology.

Bible and anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Canon Pyon, England : Sean Kingston Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

A new approach to Genesis reveals the life lessons it contains as a 'cultural survival manual' for an oppressed people in exile. Using anthropology's understanding of the cultural contexts of societies, combined with a depth of biblical scholarship motivated by faith, this study successfully bridges old disciplinary divides to gain surprising insights.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1 - Everyone has an agenda

Chapter 2 - Judah in exile

Chapter 3 - What's in a word?

Chapter 4 - The creation formula

Chapter 5 - Don't let your daughter marry an angel

Chapter 6 - Keeping it in the family

Chapter 7 - Be fruitful and multiply

Chapter 8 - What's my line?

Chapter 9 - The last shall be the first

Chapter 10 - Matriarchs. Mother Eve and gender

Chapter 11 - Towering arrogance

Chapter 12 - The farmer and the cowman can't be friends

Chapter 13 - It isn't over even when it's over

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Forrest, John Creation, Procreation and Isolation

ISBN:

9781912385577

OCLC:

1441720306