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Comprehensive, up-to-date and student-friendly introduction to Genesis: its structure, content, theological concerns, key interpretative debates and historical reception. Encourages students to engage with Genesis for themselves, by alerting them to key issues and questions raised by the text Explores and explains the approaches of a wide range of interpreters - both ancient and modern Special sections on the reception of Genesis and its distinctive influence on Christian history and culture This introduction to the interpretation of Genesis encourages in-depth study of the text, and genuine grappling with the theological and historical questions raised, by providing a critical assessment of key interpreters and interpretative debates. It draws on a range of methodological approaches (author-, text- and reader-centred), as complementary rather than mutually exclusive ways of understanding the text. It also reflects the growing scholarly attention to the reception history of biblical texts, increasingly viewed as a vital aspect of interpretation rather than an optional extra.

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Genesis lays the foundation for our faith and new understandings, in which this book abounds are very welcome. Though scholarly, it is readable at all levels and enjoyable in stimulation of thought. It would be a useful book for study and discussion in a small group. It is highly recommended for novice students, and those like myself who have spent years on the New Testament but perhaps neglected the awakening of God's relationship with human kind. -- John Foxlee * The Reader, Autumn 2016 Vol. 116. No 1 * A clear and well-informed discussion . . . [which] will repay careful reading and thoughtful engagement. * These Things Are Written *

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Iain Provan is Professor of Biblical Studies at Regent College, Vancouver. He has written numerous articles and several books, including commentaries on Lamentations, 1 and 2 Kings, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. He is also co-author of the widely acclaimed A Biblical History of Israel (WJK 2003). He is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

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