Genesis 11:1,Genesis 11:2, purpose to build a city and a tower to prevent their dispersion,Genesis 11:3,Genesis 11:4. God confounds their language, and scatters them over the whole earth,Genesis 11:5-9. Account of the lives and families of the postdiluvian patriarchs. Shem,Genesis 1...
A review of a major, intellectually rich commentary on Genesis such as Claus Westermann's three volume work ultimately becomes a reflection on the current state of our field, raising historical questions about the very existence of the patriarchal period and significant literary-critical questions...
Genesis 1-11: A Continental Commentary Read the full-text online edition of Genesis 1-11: A Continental Commentary (1994). C Westermann,JJ Scullion 被引量: 31发表: 1994年 Genesis 1-11: A handbook on the Hebrew text Preface This handbook is going to look a little strange to students of...
Edwin M. Good offers a new translation of and literary commentary on these chapters, approaching the material as an ancient Hebrew book. Rather than analyzing the chapters in light of any specific religious position, he is interested in what the stories say and how they work as stories, ...
Genesis 1-11: A Commentary GENESIS 1-11: A COMMENTARY. By Claus Westermann. Trans. John J. Scullion. Pp. xii + 636. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984. Cloth $29.95. AND GENESIS 12-36: A CO... S Niditch 被引量: 1发表: 1986年 Metamorphosis:TheDynamicsofSymbolisminEuropeanFairyTales(review) ...
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 1:11-13 Commentary on Genesis 1:6-13 (ReadGenesis 1:6-13) The earth was emptiness, but by a word spoken, it became full of God's riches, and his they are still. Though the use of them is allowed to man, they are from God, and to his ser...
commentary, with Basil the Great and Ambrose producing well-known Hexaemerons. Similarly, Augustine devoted portions of five works to the first chapter of Genesis. As in previous volumes within the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, the range of comment contained in Genesis 1--11 spans ...
Genesis 11:26 Abram is only mentioned first by way of dignity. Noah’s sons also are given as “Shem, Ham, and Japheth” in Gen. 5:32, although Shem was not the oldest, but for dignity is named first, as is Abram here (Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary). Genesis 11...
Benson Commentary Now thesearethe generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. Genesis 10:1. Although this chapter may appear to some unprofitable, it is indeed of great use. 1st, It gives us a true, and the only true ...
fascinating commentary that emphasizes the dramatic unity of the Genesis story. For believers seeking a deeper understanding of the Bible's first book, or for readers interested in the Bible as literature, Alter's contribution is essential. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable ...