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Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11

Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11

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What does it mean to be a good reader of Genesis 1-11? What does it mean to take these ancient stories seriously and how does that relate to taking them literally? Can we even take any of this material seriously? Reading Genesis Well answers these questions and more, promoting a responsible conversation about how science and biblical faith relate by developing a rigorous approach to interpreting the Bible, especially those texts that come into play in science and faith discussions. This unique approach connects the ancient writings of Genesis 1-11 with modern science in an honest and informed way. Old Testament scholar C. John Collins appropriates literary and linguistic insights from C. S. Lewis and builds on them using ideas from modern linguistics, such as lexical semantics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics. This study helps readers to evaluate to what extent it is proper to say that the Bible writers held a "primitive" picture of the world, and what function their portrayal of the world and its contents had in shaping the community.

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1. Introduction 1.A Historical backcloth: Benjamin Jowett and 19th century literalism 1.B James Barr, Jowett’s heir 1.C Why do I think Lewis can help? 1.D My own background and stance 2. What is happening in Literary Communication 2.A The Big Idea: How to approach any work of art 2.B Linguistics, rhetoric, literary criticism 3. Types of Language and Biblical Interpretation 3.A Speech Act Theory and Biblical rhetoric 3.B Lewis’ essay, “The language of religion” 3.C Metaphor, thought, truth 3.D Examples of exegesis 3.E Is there a role for analytical language? 3.F Conclusions 4. Good Faith Communication 4.A How does communication work? 4.B What is “good faith communication”? 4.C What is the connection between world picture and worldview? 4.D Sense, referent, rhetoric, and truth 5. What do we have in Genesis 1–11? 1: Context 5.A Cohesion and coherence 5.A.1 Internal cohesion 5.A.2 Cohesion with Genesis – Deuteronomy 5.A.3 Connected but separate 5.B Shared world context 5.B.1 Other nations’ origin stories 5.B.2 Audience criticism and “rhetorical situation” 5.B.2.a Date of Genesis 5.B.2.b Implied audience 6. What do we have in Genesis 1–11? 2: Function 6.A The Pentateuch as “constitution” 6.B Genesis and worldview story 6.C Anachronism and history 6.D Literary style and language level 6.E Literary style and architecture of Genesis 1–11 7. Genesis 1–11: A rhetorical-theological reading 7.A Creation and fall (Genesis 1–4) 7.A.1 Creation (Genesis 1–2) 7.A.2 “Fall” and consequences (Genesis 3–4) 7.B From Adam to Noah (Genesis 5) 7.C The Great Flood 7.C.1 The set-up (Gen. 6:1–4) 7.C.2 Flood Story proper (Gen. 6:5–9:17) 7.C.3 The sequel (Gen. 9:18–29) 7.D All the families/clans of the earth (Gen. 10:1–11:9) 7.D.1 Table of Nations (Gen. 10:1–32) 7.D.2 Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9) 7.E From Shem to Abram (Gen. 11:10–26) 8. What have other qualified readers seen in Genesis 1–11 (Old Testament, New Testament, Jewish, Patristic) 8.A The Big Story 8.B Creation of material ex nihilo 8.C Relation of Genesis 1 and 2 8.D Human origins and fall 8.E The Flood 8.F Genesis and Hellenistic science 9. Genesis 1–11, World picture and worldview 9.A What is the shape of the world? 9.B Does the sun “rise”? 9.C Where does the rain come from? 9.D A three-decker universe? 9.E Hasn’t explaining become explaining away? 9.F How should we read God’s action in creation? 9.G Where the conflict really lies 10. Genesis 1–11: A humane moral vision for Israel and the world 10.A Redemptive history as worldview story 10.B “Heirs” of this story 10.B.1 Israel 10.B.2 Christians 10.C Conclusion: Reading Genesis 1–11 well


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  • ISBN-13: 9780310598572
  • Publisher: Zondervan
  • Publisher Imprint: Zondervan Academic
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 317 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0310598575
  • Publisher Date: 29 Nov 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11
  • Width: 151 mm


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