Genesis 1-11

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Genesis 1-11 is written by David M. Carr and published by Kohlhammer Verlag. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3170375121 (ISBN 10) and 9783170375123 (ISBN 13).

This commentary offers a synthesis of close readings of Genesis 1-11 and up-to-date study of the formation of these chapters in their ancient Near Eastern context. Each interpretation of these evocative and multilayered narratives is preceded with a new translation (with textual and philological commentary) and a concise overview of the ways in which each text bears the marks of its shaping over time. This prepares for a close reading that draws on the best of older and newer exegetical insights into these chapters, a reading that then connects to feminist, queer, ecocritical, and other contemporary approaches.