Since the Beginning: Interpreting Genesis 1 and 2 through the Ages. Edited by Kyle R. Greenwood. Baker Academic, 2018. Review by Dr. Andrew Judd This reception history project traces the way that different interpreters have understood Genesis 1–2, from the Old and New Testaments, via Second Temple and Rabbinic authors, to the church fathers and medieval Jewish and Christian scholars, and finally on to protestant and post-Darwinian exegesis. There is also a chapter dealing with how ancient Near Eastern texts such as the Atrahasis epic inform our reading of the text of Genesis.
Genesis 1-2 Through the Ages
Genesis 1-2 Through the Ages
Genesis 1-2 Through the Ages
Since the Beginning: Interpreting Genesis 1 and 2 through the Ages. Edited by Kyle R. Greenwood. Baker Academic, 2018. Review by Dr. Andrew Judd This reception history project traces the way that different interpreters have understood Genesis 1–2, from the Old and New Testaments, via Second Temple and Rabbinic authors, to the church fathers and medieval Jewish and Christian scholars, and finally on to protestant and post-Darwinian exegesis. There is also a chapter dealing with how ancient Near Eastern texts such as the Atrahasis epic inform our reading of the text of Genesis.