Chapters 1-11 of Genesis are like a poetic prologue to the early history of the Jewish people and to their religion. For Christianity also they later fulfil a similar purpose. Professor Davidson takes these chapters as a separate unity, comments on them, and explains their religious significance and their place in the Bible as a whole. Introductory sections on the sources and purpose of the book, and the meaning of myth, lead straight into the text and commentary which alternate with each other in the style of the series.
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Takes these chapters as a separate unity, a poetic prologue to the early history of the Jewish and Christian religions, and explains their religious significance and place in the Bible as a whole.
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The Cambridge University bible commentary on Genesis 1-11 is a wonderful book that is very useful and easy to read. I have spent a lot of time looking for Bible commentary books on the Old Testament, and I have finally found one that is concise, easy to read, and does not get too technical and scholarly. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in learning more about the Bible!
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- Documents from Old Testament Times (Ancient Texts and Translations) by D. Winton Thomas in Back Matter
- Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Book 20 (Loeb Classical Library No. 456) (Bk.XX v. 13) by Josephus in Front Matter
- Understanding Genesis (The Heritage of Biblical Israel) by Nahum M. Sarna in Back Matter
- Against Apion by Flavius Josephus in Front Matter
- The Jewish War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Flavius Josephus in Front Matter
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- The Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (The Schocken Bible, Volume 1) by Everett Fox in Back Matter
- The Sin of Knowledge by Theodore Ziolkowski in Back Matter
- God's Gym: Divine Male Bodies of the Bible by Stephen Moore in Back Matter
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