Genesis 1-11 : tales of the earliest world /

This book invites readers to reconsider what they think they know about the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis, from the creation of the world, through the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel, to the introduction of Abraham. Edwin M. Good offers a new translation of...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Good, Edwin M. (Edwin Marshall), 1928-2014
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2011
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Genisis in Seven Days; 2. The Garden, Part 1; 3. The Garden, Part 2; 4. Offerings and Their Results; 5. Some Descendants; 6. Some More Descendants; 7. Unusual Births; 8. The Flood(s); 9. Yet Another Curse-and a Blessing; 10. Descendants and Nations; 11. A Tower and a Confusion of Words; 12. A Traditional Genealogy; Coda; Notes.