Cambridge University Press, 9/30/2010EAN 9780521518611, ISBN10: 052151861XHardcover, 246 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cmLanguage: EnglishOriginally published in EnglishReading Genesis presents a panoramic view of the most vital ways that Genesis is approached in modern scholarship. Essays by ten eminent scholars cover the perspectives of literature, gender, memory, sources, theology, and the reception of Genesis in Judaism and Christianity. Each contribution addresses the history and rationale of the method, insightfully explores particular texts of Genesis, and deepens the interpretive gain of the method in question. These ways of reading Genesis, which include its classic past readings, map out a pluralistic model for understanding Genesis in - and for - the modern age.Introduction Ronald Hendel1. Literature Robert Alter2. Cultural memory Ronald Hendel3. Sources and redaction Robert S. Kawashima4. Gender and sexuality Ronald Hendel, Chana Kronfeld and Ilana Pardes5. Inner-biblical interpretation Yair Zakovitch6. Rabbinic interpretation Dina Stein7. Interpretation in the early church Richard A. Layton8. Translation Naomi Seidman9. Modern literature Ilana Pardes10. Modern theology John J. Collins.
