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"This book...is designed to make the Bible of Israel intelligible, relevant and, hopefully, inspiring to a sophisticated generation, possessed of intellectual curiosity and ethical sensitivity." - NYT Book Review.

"In the recent literature on Genesis this is the most comprehensive and careful interpretation of the Bible's initial book in light of the extra biblical sources bearing upon it, and as such, is to be highly recommended." --George M. Landes, Journal of Biblical Literature

"An insightful classic that retains its vitality. A front-rank scholar and teacher has poured a lifetime of learning into this outstanding commentary." --Hershel Shanks

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"This book...is designed to make the Bible of Israel intelligible, relevant and, hopefully, inspiring to a sophisticated generation, possessed of intellectual curiosity and ethical sensitivity." - NYT Book Review.

"In the recent literature on Genesis this is the most comprehensive and careful interpretation of the Bible's initial book in light of the extra biblical sources bearing upon it, and as such, is to be highly recommended." --George M. Landes, Journal of Biblical Literature

"An insightful classic that retains its vitality. A front-rank scholar and teacher has poured a lifetime of learning into this outstanding commentary." --Hershel Shanks

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The Bible does not constitute an ideological monolith. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
patriarchal period, combat myth, building inscriptions, flood story, patriarchal narratives Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Near Eastern, Enuma Elish, Book of Genesis, Tower of Babel, Dead Sea, Garden of Eden, Beth Mikra, Table of Nations, Enuma Elfish, East Jordan, Fertile Crescent, Lord God, King of Sodom, Light From the Ancient Past, Middle Bronze New!
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