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Genesis, with an introduction to narrative literature /
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TextSeries: Forms of the Old Testament literature ; v. 1.Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., ©1983.Description: xiii, 322 pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 0802819540
- 9780802819543
- 222.1106 C652G 19
- BS1235.2 .C62 1983
Contents:
Summary: In the introduction to this volume, George Coats discusses narrative in general and the principal Old Testament narratives in particular. He then sets the book of Genesis in its larger Old Testament context, analyzing its major sections and subsections. Each of the succeeding chapters treats one of the major sections. A bibliography heads each chapter, and a shorter bibliography of relevant works appears at the end of each unit. The book concludes with genre and formula files, which list all the relevant genres and formulas and the texts in which they occur.
The Pentateuch / Hexateuch : the framework -- The patriarchal theme (The Book of Genesis) : the framework -- The primeval saga -- The individual units -- The Abraham saga -- The individual units -- The Isaac saga -- The individual units -- The Jacob saga -- The individual units.
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| 222.1106 B838G Genesis : | 222.1106 B849N The names of God : | 222.1106 C218S Studies in Genesis / | 222.1106 C652G Genesis, with an introduction to narrative literature / | 222.1106 C781I Is God a moral monster? : making sense of the Old Testament God / | 222.1106 D755F A farewell to the Yahwist? : the composition of the Pentateuch in recent European interpretation / | 222.1106 D868L Living in the light of inextinguishable hope : |
Includes bibliographical references.
The Pentateuch / Hexateuch : the framework -- The patriarchal theme (The Book of Genesis) : the framework -- The primeval saga -- The individual units -- The Abraham saga -- The individual units -- The Isaac saga -- The individual units -- The Jacob saga -- The individual units.
In the introduction to this volume, George Coats discusses narrative in general and the principal Old Testament narratives in particular. He then sets the book of Genesis in its larger Old Testament context, analyzing its major sections and subsections. Each of the succeeding chapters treats one of the major sections. A bibliography heads each chapter, and a shorter bibliography of relevant works appears at the end of each unit. The book concludes with genre and formula files, which list all the relevant genres and formulas and the texts in which they occur.
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