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ERESHIT
(Book of Genesis)
Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS, Kaplan texts
of Genesis from the Jewish Publication Society Bible
A Storyline Study of the Bible from
Adam to 2400 years after Adam is Mentioned in Genesis
-
Harold Unkles. This study is a work in
process.
Genesis - The Hebrew Text
Genesis - The Traditional Translation with Renderings According to Ibn
Nehemiah and Ramban
Torah Class
Old Testament Bible Study for a New Testament Understanding
Torah is the Hebrew word for
the first 5 books of the Bible and it is the foundation of the Old
Testament just as the Old Testament is the foundation of the New. The
Old Testament (Tanach) is the Holy Scripture that Jesus (Yeshua, in
Hebrew) taught from, and His Disciples referred to, since there was no
New Testament until well after the time of the Apostles that succeeded
Him. The Old and New Testaments are inseparable and only when used
together do we have a complete, unified, divinely-inspired Bible. Torah
Class cross-references the Torah and Old Testament passages with New
Testament passages to reveal their seamless continuity.
Some excellent
teaching from a Hebrew perspective Video messages
Genesis,
Jewish Encyclopedia.
Bereishet
-
Genesis text with Rashi's commentary - Complete Jewish
Bible
Genesis - Expositor's Bible Commentary
Genesis - Navigating the Bible
Notes
on Genesis
Thomas L. Constable
explains how Genesis reveals that God is faithful to his promises
and powerful enough to bring them to fulfillment.
New
International Version (Book of Genesis)
On-Line.
New English Translation (NET) Bible (Book of
Genesis)
On-Line
Genesis
at Luther Seminary's Enter the Bible. Study basics about Bible books,
people, dates, places.
Genesis,
Wikipedia.
Genesis
Walking Thru the Bible
Genesis - Geneva Study Bible
Genesis - Matthew Henry's Commentary
Genesis - Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Genesis - Robert Jamieson's Commentary Critical and Explanatory
on the whole Bible
Genesis - Scofield Reference Notes
Genesis Bible Commentary - Dr Bob Utley
On Genesis from the Commentary of the Holy
Hippolytus of Rome 170-235
Wikipedia Article
Genesis - Biblenotes
Genesis
- Calvin's Commentary - Genesis 1 -23
Genesis
- Calvin's Commentary - Genesis 24 - 50
An
Introduction to Genesis
David Malick
Outline
of the Book of Genesis David Malick
God's Creative Acts according to Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Robert C. Dunston
Genesis: The Method of Faith
Ray Stedman
The
Law the First Five Books
J Hampton
Keathley III
The
Gospel in Genesis
Henry Law
Religious Tract Society
Exegetical Notes: Genesis 1:1 - 2:4a John Sailhamer
An Outline of Genesis
Division
of Student Ministry
Baptist
General Convention of Texas
Creation
Genesis 1-2:3
The
Fall of Man Genesis 3
Abraham
Genesis 11:27-25:11
Isaac
and Jacob Genesis 25:12-37:1
Joseph
Genesis 37:2 - 50:26
Reflections on the Composition of
Genesis Bill T. Arnold
Theories on the composition of the book of Genesis have a long and
complicated history. This subject will never lose its fascination or
cease to be an object of scholarly speculation, like one or two other
topics in biblical studies, such as the "synoptic problem" of the
Gospels or the quest for the historical Jesus. No matter how much we
protest today that these topics are no longer central to the
interpretive enterprise in the twenty-first century, we will no doubt
continue to explore new avenues for understanding the origins of these
important texts.
Genesis Means Origins
George Robinson
Reading Genesis
David R. Blumenthal
Reading Genesis as a Book
Robert Alter
Reading Genesis Today
Gordon J. Wenham
Reading Genesis with Faith and Reason
Sean
McEvenu
The Book of Genesis in the Qur'an
Mark Hillmer
The Bible
History, Old Testament
Volume I
The
World Before the Flood, and The History of the Patriarchs
Alfred
Edersheim
Chiasmus - Reverse
Parallelism
Primeval Chronology
William Green
Chronology
of the Book of Genesis
Eternal Guidelines for Living
Living in Community
with God: God’s Relationship with His People in the Books of Moses
Michael Morrison
Exploring
Genesis
Tim Finlay & Jim Herst
Genesis
An expository study of Genesis
Audio Available
Steven J Cole
Genesis for Children
Fourteen studies by
Jodi Hooper
Read about Bible Lessons 4 Kidz
Genesis 1
Bob Utley
Genesis 1: The
Evolution vs. Creation Controversy
Beyond the
Reach of Science
Bone of My Bone and Flesh of My Flesh
Phyllis
A. Bird The examples of Genesis I and Psalm 8 alert us to two
dangers in appeal to biblical statements as authority for contemporary
faith.
The Image of God
Charles Lee Feinberg
The Days of Genesis
E.J. Young
Preaching from the Book of Genesis
Mark A. Throntveit
The Wisdom of
Creation: A Jewish Perspective
Carol K. Ingall
The Earth of Genesis
1:2: Abiotic or Chaotic?
The
"Days" of Creation in Genesis 1: Literal "Days" or Figurative
"Periods/Epochs" of Time Gerhard F. Hasel
The Significance of the Cosmology
in Gen 1 in Relation to Ancient Near Eastern Parallels
G. F. Hasel
Taking Genesis as Inspired Armin Held
and Peter Rust
What's
New in Interpreting Genesis Paul E Koptak. A number of
recent studies have been published that offer help to readers and
communicators who wish to hear the stories of Genesis as they were
intended to be heard and to discover their significance for life at the
threshold of a new century.
Interpreting Genesis One
Charles E. Hummel
Genesis: "In the Beginning..." From Creation to Abraham
What
Does Genesis 1 Really Teach?
Genesis 1: Are the Six Days of Creation Literal or Figurative?
The
Battle Over Genesis 1
No Contest -
Why the Argument Over Genesis?
Genesis 1 - 3 - Creation and Fall
David
Colburn
Life and Death in Biblical
Perspective: An Examination of Genesis 5,
Ecclesiastes 1, and
1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Dan T. Lioy
Genesis 1:-1 Creation or Re-Creation?
Mark F Rooker examines the theory
of a period of chaos after creation (often called the gap theory) and
the initial chaos theory, and the second article in the series analyzes
the precreation chaos theory, the view endorsed by Waltke and other
recent commentators on Genesis .
Genesis 1 - 3 and Male/Female Role Relationship
Michael
F Sitzinger An examination of certain considerations in Genesis
1-3 contributes to a proper view of a hierarchical distinction between
male and female. The first 3 chapters of Genesis
consistently argue for a continuing hierarchical order between male and
female.
Men
and Women in Genesis 1-3
Introduction to Genesis Chapter 1
a study Dom
Henry Wansbrough
The
Creation Account in Genesis 1:1 - 3 Bruce K Waltke
Covenant and the Kingdom: Genesis 1- 3 as Foundation for Biblical
Theology.
Eugene H Merrill
The Theology of Sexuality in the Beginning: Genesis 1-2
Richard M Davidson Deals directly with the question of human
sexuality. Not only is human sexuality presented as a basic fact of
creation, but an elucidation of the nature of sexuality constitutes a
central part of the Creation accounts. This article
focuses upon the theology of sexuality in the creation accounts (Gen
1-2)
Garden Temple
Gregory K. Beale
The Theology
of Sexuality in the Beginning: Genesis 3
Richardm M
Davidson
The Perplexing Pentateuch
Gordon J. Wenham
Genesis 1-11: The Primeval Story
Barry L. Bandstra
How It All Began: Genesis 1-11
Bob Utley
The Responsibility of Royalty: Genesis 1-11 and the Care of the Earth
James Limburg
Genesis 12-50: The Ancestral Story
Barry L. Bandstra
Desire and Promise in Genesis
Hugh C. White
The Liberating Image? Interpreting
Imago
Dei in Context Richard J
Middleton
Polytheism in Genesis: Ba'al and
Ashtoreth vs. Yahweh
Sol Abrams
The Female Threat in Genesis
Shana Mauer The
percieved problem of women in Genesis is a narrative device that is
integrated into the text to create subversive tension. They are the
hurdles that God overcomes in order for the text to prove God's
boundless and all-encompassing power.
The Principles of Interpreting Genesis 1 and 2
Allan A. MacRea
Theistic Evolution and the Hebrew of Genesis 1 - 2
J. Barton Payne
Interpreting Genesis 1-11 Russell T Fuller
The proliferation of methods and approaches characterizes biblical
hermeneutics in the twenty-first century. Each method has its own focus.
Male-Female Equality and Male
Headship
Genesis 1-3
Raymond C
Ortlund Jr
The Atrahasis Epic and its Significance Genesis 1-9
Tika Frymer-Kensky
I Want a
Name for Myself - Genesis 1-11 Paul Borgman
The story we haven't heard
The Geographical Meaning of 'Earth' and
'Seas' in Genesis 1:10
Paul H Seely
The Firmament and the Waters Above
Paul H Seely
From Dominion
to Stewardship? The Ecology of Biblical Translation
Leonard Greenspoon offers an important first step towards
serious engagement with the biblical text on environmental issues, even
for those with firsthand knowledge of the Hebrew.
Speaking the Language
of Canaan
Dennis Bratcher
has written a paper dealing with the Israelite appropriation of
metaphors, symbols, and conceptual categories from the "pool" of ancient
Middle Eastern culture, noting both the similarities and differences,
and the implications both for understanding the OT, as well as for
addressing the modern conflict of science and religion.
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The
Unity of the Creation Account
William H Shea Do
Genesis 1 and 2 contain two antithetical creation accounts, or are they
complementary parts of a unified record? Dr. Shea examines the literary
structure and content of these two chapters for an answer.
Literary Structural Parallels between Genesis 1 and 2
William H Shea Literary critics have
divided Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 between different authors at different
times. Literary techniques employed at several different and parallel
junctions (beginning, middle and end) in the two narratives demonstrate
a similar writing style, however, and thus point towards a unity of
authorship.
Further Observations on the Term 'Seed' in Genesis
T. Desmond Alexander
The
Conquest of Chaos: The Biblical Paradigm of Creation and Its
Contemporary Relevance
Klaus Nurnberger
Man and Sin: Who Are We? What Happened? What Is Our Destiny?
Greg Herrick
The Divine
Plan of Creation: 1 Cor 11:7 and Gen 2:18-24
Thomas L. Thompson
Genesis 2
Bob Utley
Genesis
2:2-3 -- God's "Rest" and the Sabbath
Creation
Kaufmann Kohler
and Emil G. Hirsch
Hexaemeron
Anthony Maas
Garden of Eden
Emil G. Hirsch, Mary W.
Montgomery, Solomon Schechter, Judah David Eisenstein and M. Seligsohn
The Significance of the 'Sons of God' Episode (Genesis 6.1-4) in
the Context of the 'Primaeval History' (Genesis 1-11) by
David J. A. Clines
Sons
of God and Giants
- Cultural and Historical Context In Genesis 6:1-4
Dennis R.
Bratcher explores the cultural and historical background of the
reference to sons of God, daughters of men, and giants in Genesis
Archaeology
and Genesis: What does the record show Part 1.
Mario Seiglie
Archaeology
and Genesis: What does the record show Part 2.
Mario Seiglie
Genesis
Reconsidered Armin
Held
Science in Christian Perspective
Genesis Revisited or Revised
Paul H Seely
Genesis a Living Conversation
Bill Moyers
Adam
J. Frederic McCurdy
Adam
James F. Driscoll
Genesis 2.2: An Exercise in Interpretive Competence and
Performance Aryeh Newman
The Life of Adam and Eve: The Biblical Story in Judaism and Christianity
Gary A. Anderson &
Michael E. Stone
Adam and Eve
David Mandel
They Shall Be One
Richard L Strauss
Eve
Emil G. Hirsch, Solomon Schechter and Hartwig
Hirschfeld
The Two
Stories of Creation
Menachem Leibtag
Because It Had Not Rained
Meredith Klin
Because It Had Not Rained: A Study of
Gen. 2:5 - 7 with Implications for Gen. 2:4 - 25 and Gen. 1:1 - 2:3
Mark D. Futato
Adam
What are You? The Primeval History Against the Backdrop of Mesopotamian
Mythology
Jens Bruun Kofoed
The Garden of Eden a Modern
Landscape Carol A. Hill
tries to apply the findings of modern
geology to Gen. 2:10-14. I deduce from the evidence that the four rivers
of Eden--the Pishon, the Gihon, the Hiddekel, and the Euphrates--were
real rivers which existed on a modern landscape before Noah's flood.
Bone of My Bone and Flesh of My Flesh
Phyllis A. Bird explores why the biblical creation texts give
such prominent attention to sexual differentiation with reflection on
the individual and the species.
Why a "Naked" Adam in Eden-
Walter Mattfeld
holds that the Sumerian myths regarding the creation of
man AGREE with Genesis
Genesis:
From Paradise to Patriarchs
Robert
L. Deffinbaugh Highlights in the History of Israel Part 1.
Mysteries
of Genesis Charles Fillmore points out the book of
Genesis as the key to the Bible. In the New Testament it is quoted
twenty-seven times literally and thirty-eight times substantially.
Genesis World and Word Theology for Christian Ministry
Discourse Analysis and the Interpretation of Gen. 2:4 - 7
Jack Collins
The
Hebrews prepared by Washington State University
Reader
An
Overlooked Message - The Critique of Kings and Affirmation of Equality
in the Primeval History Robert
K Gnuse
The Primeval History in Genesis 2-11 contains symbolic polyvalent
narratives with diverse levels of interpretive possibility. One
meaningful level of interpretation is to see how the accounts contain a
strident critique of kingship, especially the social economic abuses
perpetrated by kings. Kings who receive the strident barbs of the author
include not only Mesopotamian rulers, but also, by implication, the
rulers of Israel and Judah, who likewise abused their powers. This
exilic critique of kings is also, in turn, part of the great biblical
message affirming human equality and dignity, and it speaks a powerful
egalitarian word to any age.
God: What do the Opening Chapters of Genesis Tell us about Him?
Jim West
asks is the God depicted in Genesis a loving creator or does
he display cruel pitiless control.
The
Father who Creates All Things:
A Cosmological Perspective of God:
Carl Schulz. 'There is perhaps no more fundamental
affirmation about God than that of Creator... the bed rock, the
foundation on which all other affirmations about Him are made.'
Creation - J & P
Stephen
Wiggins
Adam and Adapa: Two Anthropological
Characters
N. E. Andreasen
The Documentary Sources in Genesis
Ralph
W. Klein
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Ancient
Near East page
Flood Stories
form Around the World
Mark Isaak explores extensive and varied flood stories from ancient folklore.
Comparative Creation Chart
Creation in Israel and the Ancient
Near East
Genesis
1-3: Science? History? Theology?
J.A. Thompson Tyndale
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Selected Portions of the "Enuma Elish"
Babylonian Creation Myth - Enuma Elish
Enuma Elish Leonard William King
A Selected Portion of the "Epic of Gilgamesh"
Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh: Thoughts on genre and meaning
A.R.George
Similarities Between the Flood Story in the "Epic of Gilgamesh"
and the Flood Story in the Hebrew Bible (Gen. 6:9-9:17)
Differences Between the Flood Story in the "Epic of Gilgamesh"
and the Flood Story in the Hebrew Bible (Gen. 6:9-9:17)
What
is Creation? Rereading Genesis 1 & 2
Michael
Welker explores the important characteristic of divine
creating in the classical creation texts and the concept of
unconditional production and causation!
Sabbath Origins and the Epic of Gilgamesh
Walter Mattfeld
The Sabbath/Shabbat as an Eternal
Memorial and its Derivation from the Lunar Shupattu Memorial
Walter Mattfeld
Creation
and Evolution:
The
Bible Explanation. Mario Seiglie examines the findings of modern
science in the light of scripture.
Comparative Creation
A look at creation in Genesis and the Ancient Near East.
The
Genesis Creation Story & the Theory of Evolution
The Two Genesis Creation Stories
How Religious Conservatives and Liberals Interpret the
Bible's Creation Stories
Genesis
and the Real World
David
Roth Or did Moses mean to say, 'at the beginning of time God created
space and matter'. Roth argues that Moses' narrative has to do with the
real world.
Dinosaurs and the Bible
Ken Ham
Where
do Dinosaurs fit with Creation
Genesis:
In the Beginning a Bible Study Mark G. Vitalis
Hoffman
Mysteries of
Genesis Charles Fillmore
Genealogies, Seed and the Compositional Unity of Genesis
T. Desmond Alexander
In
Search of the Historical Adam Dick Fischer
The
Life of Adam and Eve
Gary A. Anderson
&
Michael E. Stone
The Old Testament Use of an Archetype: The Trickster
Richard D. Patterson
What Does Eve Do to Help?
David J. A. Cline
he
"Fall" - a Second Look -
A
Literary Analysis of Genesis 2:4-3:24
Dennis R. Bratcher
offers an in-depth analysis of the so-called "Fall" narrative
in Genesis.
The Fall of Satan in the Thought of St. Ephrem
and John Milton
Gary A. Anderson
Did a Form of
Evil Exist Before the Fall
Daniel
J. Dykes explores Isaiah 45:7 where God claims to be the one who
creates evil.
The
Seduction of Eve and Feminist Readings of the Garden of Eden
Reuven Kimelman Applies an exegesis of assonance, that demands
considerable reader involvement, without which he holds that many of the
keys to the story's meaning would be missing.
Did Eve Fall or Was She Pushed?
Susan L. Greiner argues
that Eve is not a seductress. She neither deceives Adam nor coerces him
into eating the fruit. The word "sin" is never applied to Eve; indeed,
it does not even appear in the Creation account.
Eve's Answer to the Serpent: An
Alternative Paradigm for Sin and Some Implications for Theology
P. Wayne Townsend
Rethinking the Interpretation of Genesis 2.4B-3.24
Lyn M. Bechtel considers that
the passage has been used through
the centuries as a prooftext for male supremacy and the
inferiority and moral weakness of women and concludes that it
is about maturation. It is a myth that
reinforces the values and
concerns of
monarchical society, which considers the monarchy
to be God's intended goal for a mature
Israel.
Eve
and Pandora Contrasted
William
E. Phipps shows that the myths of Eve and Pandora are quite
dissimilar in original meaning and argues that it is Western
civilisation that has mingled them.
The Call of Wisdom/The Voice of the Serpent: A Canonical Approach to the
Tree of Knowledge
Nicholas John Ansell
The Tree
and The Serpent: Hieros Gamos of the Self
Michael Brabazon
The
Tree of Life: Protological to Eschatological Robert
Starke holds that it was in the epiphany of the eschatological Adam and
death's inability to overshadow him, that the life-giving tree triumphs,
its glory eliminating at last the shadow of death.
The Tree of Life
- P. Watson
The Call of Wisdom/The Voice of the
Serpent: A Canonical Approach to the Tree of Knowledge
Nicholas John Ansell
The Crooked Serpent
F. F. Bruce
Two
Brothers Reconciled
Arthur Waskow From almost the
beginning to the very end of the Book of Genesis, one theme whirls
through many variations: war and peace between brothers (and one pair of
sisters).
The Generations of the Heavens and of
the Earth: Egyptian Deities in the Garden of Eden
Gary Greenberg
The Great Reversal: Thematic Links
between Genesis 2 and 3
Zdravko Stefanovic
Genesis 3
Bob Utley
What Is the Woman's Desire?
Susan T. Foh
Your
Urge Shall Be for Your Husband? A New Translation of Genesis 3:16b and a
New Interpretation of Genesis 4:7
Hans-Christoph
Aurin
Why Didn't Adam and Eve Die at Once?
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr
On Some Versions of Genesis 3.15, Ancient and Modern
Hans Peter Ruge
Recent Translations of Gen. 3:15
W. H. Woudstra,
Woman's Desire for Man: Genesis 3:16 Reconsidered
Irvin A. Busenitz
A Syntactical Note (Genesis 3:15): Is the Woman's Seed Singular or
Plural? Jack Collins
Further Observations on the Term 'Seed' in Genesis
T. Desmond Alexander
The Great Reversal: Thematic Links Between Genesis 2 and 3
Zdravko Stefanovic
Is Genesis 3 a Fall Story?
Terence E.
Fretheim
The Theology of Sexuality in the Beginning: Genesis 3
Richard M. Davidson
Woman's Desire for Man: Genesis 3:16 Reconsidered
Irvin A. Busenitz
What Is the Woman's Desire?
Susan T. Foh
Genesis 4
Bob Utley
Genesis 4 - 6:8 Early Humankind
David
Colburn
Slaughter,
Fratricide and Sacrilege. Cain and Abel Traditions in 1 John 3
J. Byron
Genesis 4:17-24: A Case-Study in Eisegesis
Maarten J. Pau
Cain
Kaufmann Kohler
Cain
Wendell Reilly
Cain
and Abel Wikipedia
Cain and Abel
Louis Jacobs
Abel
John Tierney
Abel
J. Frederic
McCurdy, Kaufmann Kohler, Louis Ginzberg and Richard Gottheil
Cain and His Offering Bruce K.
Waltke
The Pre-Mosaic Tithe: Issues and Implications
Mark A. Snoeberger
Genesis 5
Bob Utley
The Meaning of
the Chronogenealogies of Genesis 5 and 11
Gerhard F. Hasel,
The Ages of the Antediluvian
Patriarchs In
Genesis 5
Andrew P. Kvasnica
A
Glimmer of Hope Genesis 5 Jeong Woo (James) Lee Scripture
tells us how this world is passing away yet we are called to walk with
God by faith.
Enoch, a Man Who Walked with God
Timothy J. Cole
Life and Death in Biblical
Perspective: An Examination of
Genesis 5,
Ecclesiastes 1,
and
1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Dan T Lioy
Genealogies in Genesis
Daniel J. Dyke
explores the debate concerning the genealogies found in Genesis 5 and 11
as to whether they are sequential and complete or if they contain gaps.
Contours
of Faith
Greg Herrick Scripture reveals the clearest understanding of the object
of our faith, namely, God himself.
Genesis 6
Bob Utley
As
the Days of Noah: A Critical Examination of the `Sons of God' and the
Nephilim in Genesis 6:1-4
Ryan Corbi
Demon Semen: Traditional and Metaphysical Assumptions in Early Lutheran
and Reformed Treatments of Genesis 6:1-4
Jeffrey
Mallinson
A Contextual Identification of the bene ha'elohim and benoth ha'adam in
Genesis 6:1-4
Lyle Eslinger
An Exegetical Study of Genesis 6:1-4
Leroy Birney
The Ancient Exegesis of Genesis 6:2,
4
Robert Newman,
Covenants and Pillars of Judaism
Felix
Just SJ explores the use of the word covenant commencing with Genesis
6.
Identifying Genesis' Mid-First Millennium BCE Origins via Onomastic
Research on Cain and Nimrod
Walter Mattfeld
looks at the archaeological findings and compares them
with the Biblical accounts
Genesis
6:9 - 11 Noah, The Flood, Babel
David Colburn
Genesis 7
Bob Utley
The
Antediluvians
William H Shea
A look at those living between creation and the flood.
The
links between Babylonian mythology and the Biblical account.
The Flood Story in J and P Forms
a look at
what is thought to be the account of the two different authors.
A
Comparison of Narrative Elements in Ancient Mesopotamian Creation-Flood
Stories with
Genesis 1-9
William H Shea
Mesopotamian Creation-Flood stories at 1600 B.C. and the biblical
Creation-Flood story (which is similar in content and style) at 600
B.C., with cases of individual Creation and Flood stories intervening
between them, would be quite exceptional and unlikely. The biblical
Creation-Flood story fits best in the age in which this type of
literature was written.
The Flood J & P
Stephen Wiggins
Who Wrote the Flood Story Richard
Elliot Friedman
The Flood: Just a Local Catastrophe
William H Shea Creationists
and evolutionists disagree about the Flood. Creationists argue that the
Bible is a divinely inspired document and its record of the Flood
describes an actual historical event, a universal deluge. Evolutionists
have responded to the biblical narrative in various ways.
The Story of Noah According to Source
Frank Frick Taken
from a Journey Through the Hebrew Scriptures.
A
Review of Recent Data from the Region of the Ark-Shaped Formation in the
Tendurek Mountains of Eastern Turkey
William H Shea Each new discovery has
strengthened the case for relating this site to Noah's Ark, but the
question still remains as to whether there is sufficient scientific
evidence with which to confirm or deny this identification with a
greater degree of accuracy.
The Seven Noahide Laws
Exegesis
of genesis 2:16-17 that led to the tradition of the Noahide Laws.
Genesis 8
Bob Utley
Reading the Rainbow
Rachel
Muers
The Biblical View of the Extent of
the Flood
Gerhard F. Hasel
The Genesis Flood
Mark
F. Rooker
The
Theology of the Flood Narrative
David J.A. Clines
Jubilee Calendar Rescued from the Flood Narrative
S. Najm & Ph. Guillaume
Biblical Evidence for the Universality of the Genesis Flood
Richard M. Davidson, Andrews University
Vineyard, Farm, and Garden: The Drunkenness of Noah in the Context of
Primeval History Devora
Steinmetz
The
Structure of the Genesis Flood Narrative and Its Implications
William H. Shea
Noah
J. Frederic
McCurdy, Wilhelm Bacher, M. Seligsohn, Emil G. Hirsch and Mary W.
Montgomery
Noah
Florentine Bechtel
Noach
Menachem Leibtag
Noah David Mandel
Noah Wikipedia
Genesis Flood Narrative
Wikipedia
The Flood
Emil G. Hirsch
Deluge
Anthony Maas
Noah's Flood
Rabbi
Louis Jacobs
Genesis 9
Bob Utley
Noah's Nakedness and the Curse on Canaan (Genesis 9:20-27)
John Seitze Bergsma and Scott Walker
Hahn
Original Dishonor Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery
Stephen
R Haynes Noah's curse may not have been
about race in the minds of all antebellum southern divines; but without
question it appears to have been about slavery and honor
Studies in the Book of Genesis, Part 1: The Curse of Canaan
Allen P. Ross
The Rainbow in Jewish Symbolism
Louis Jacobs
Rainbow
Emil G. Hirsch, Immanuel
Benzinger, Wilhelm Bacher and Judah David Eisenstein
"Noah's Younger
Brother": The Anti-Noachic Polemics in 2 Enoch
Andre A. Orlov
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The Sumerian King List: Translation
Unraveling the Japheth Mystery (Genesis 9:25-27)
Walter Mattfeld
attempts to unravel this mystery
Who
Were the Hebrews
Gerald
A Larue The
descendents of Shem, one of Noah's sons and eventually Abraham.
Genesis 10
Bob Utley
Nimrod and the
Tower of Babel: Genesis 10-11 in17th-Century Quaker Writings
Esther Greenleaf Murer
From
Faith to Faith -- Essays on Old Testament Literature
B. Davie
Napier The Old Testament conveys
the impression of coherent unity -- a unity achieved in the central
themes and presuppositions of the community of Israel.
The people of Israel understand the terms of their own existence,
and its essential meaning, in the Yahweh-Abraham covenant.
Unraveling the Mystery of Early Israel's Origins: Archaeology, Abraham
and the Philistines
Walter Mattfeld
looks at the archaeological findings and compares them with the Biblical
accounts.
Genesis and Family Values
David L
Petersen tries to take seriously the notion of family values,
particularly as they derive from biblical literature. In that regard,
he has focused on the family in the book of Genesis, a biblical book
that, for multiple reasons, may serve as a source for reflection about
the family in theHebrew Bible.
The Ancestor's
Family Tree
Family and Society in Ancient Israel
A study of
ancient Israel's social organisation and patrilineal descent.
The
Rescue of Lot Ken Collins
attempts to rescue this Bible text from the crossfire of dispute,
restoring its original theological significance and devotional value.
Capital Punishment Mandated by God?
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr
Studies in the Book of Genesis, Part
1: The Curse of Canaan
Allen P. Ross
The Table of Nations: The "Also Peoples"
Kenneth A. Matthews
Studies in the
Book of Genesis, Part 2: The Table of Nations in Genesis 10
Allen P. Ross
Studies in the Book of Genesis, Part
3: The Table of Nations in Genesis 10 - Its Content
Allen P. Ross
Studies in the Book of Genesis. Part
4: The Dispersion of the Nations in Genesis 11:1-9
Allen P. Ross
Genesis 11
Bob Utley
Abraham and the Merchants of Ura
Cyrus H. Gordon
Language as Expression of Unity and Diversity: From Babel to Pentecost
and Beyond
John Kinder
The Date of the Tower of Babel and
Some Theological Implications
Paul H. Seely
Babel and Derrida: Postmodernism, Language and Biblical Interpretation
Craig G. Bartholomew
The Mesopotamian Background of the Tower of Babel Account and Its
Implications John H. Walton
The Dispersion of the Nations in Gen 11:1-9
Allen P. Ross
Tower of Babel
Anthony Maas
Tower of Babel
Morris
Jastrow Jr., Ira Maurice Price, Marcus Jastrow, Louis Ginzberg and
Duncan B. McDonald
The Site of the Tower of Babel (Gen. xi.1-9)
John P. Peters
Introduction to
Genesis 11:24-13:18
Bob Utley
The Naming of Isaac: The Role of the Wife/Sister Episodes in the
Redaction of Genesis
John Ronning
A Thrice-Told Tale: Genre, Theme, and Motif
David L. Petersen A study of the wife-sister motif in Genesis
12, 20, and 26.
Genesis 12 - 16 Abraham -
Part 1
David Colburn
The Wives' Tales of Genesis 12, 20 & 26 and the Covenants at
Beer-Sheba
James K. Hoffmeier
Patriarchal Religion As Portrayed in Genesis 12-50
Augustine Pagolu
Genesis 12
Bob Utley
lessing in the Old Testament: A
Study of Gen. 12:3
Paul Rotenberry
Introduction to the Patriarchs
Abraham
Abraham
Charles J.
Mendelsohn, Kaufmann Kohler, Richard Gottheil and Crawford Howell Toy
Abraham
James Howlett
Abraham
Wikipedia
Abraham's
Faith Journey - the macrostructure of the Abraham story
Dennis R. Bratcher notes the governing ideas and themes that give
coherence to the larger narrative.
Abraham Not the Father of Ishmael and the Arabs
Walter Mattfeld argues
that the pre-biblical history of the Arabs portrays a different picture.
Abraham the Archetype of Faith: "There Is No God But God!"
Harold Vogelaar
Abraham in History and Tradition,
Part I
Donald J. Wiseman
Abraham in History and Tradition,
Part II
Donald J. Wiseman
Yes, My Lord - The Story of Abraham and Sarah
Richard L Strauss
Sarah (Sarai)
Emil G. Hirsch, Wilhelm
Bacher, Jacob Zallel Lauterbach, Joseph Jacobs,and Mary W. Montgomery
Sarah
Catholic Encyclopedia
Sarah
Wikipedia
The
Family of Abraham
Felix
Just SJ provides a chart to explore Abraham's descendants.
An Exegetical Reading of the Abraham Narrative in Genesis: Semantic,
Textuality and Theology Kyu Sik Hong
Blessing in the Old Testament: A Study of Gen. 12:3
Paul Rotenberry
For What Purpose
Did God Choose Avraham? Menachem Leibtag, in Memory of Rabbi Avraham Leibtag
Four promises of
Zera V'aretz
Menachem Leibtag
Genesis 13
Bob Utley
The
Rescue of Lot
Ken
Collins attempts to rescue the account from the crossfire of
dispute, restoring its original theological significance and devotional
value.
Lot
Francis X.E.
Albert
Lot
Emil G.
Hirsch, M. Seligsohn, Solomon Schechter and Joseph Jacobs
Lot
David Mandel
Lot
Wikipedia
The Rescue of Lot
- argues against perceiving a sexual dimension in the Genesis 19
narrative
The
Binding of Isaac
W. Dow
Edgerton explores the story of Abraham's sacrifice and concludes that
there are as many methods of interpretation as there are interpreters.
The Verbal System of Classical Hebrew in the Joseph Story: An Approach
from Discourse Analysis
Yoshinobu Endo
Joseph
and Aseneth
Mark
Goodacre A tale told about the Biblical Patriarch Joseph and
his Egyptian wife Aseneth.
Genesis 14
Bob Utley
Melchizedek: Genesis 14:17 - 20 in the
Targums, in Rabbinic and Early Christian Literature
Martin McNamara
Melchizedek in the MT, LXX, and the
NT
J. A. Fitzmeyer
Melchizedek as a Divine Mediator
J.
Davila
The Melchizedek Citations in the Letter to the Hebrews
Alan R. Millard
Melchizedek
Legend of 2 (Slavonic) Enoch
Andre Orlov
Melchizedek, Michael, and War in Heaven
James R. Davila
Melchizedek
Isidore
Singer and Kaufmann Kohler
The
Antiquity of the Divine Title EL ELYON in Gen. xiv
James A. Kelso
Eliezer of Damascus
Julius A. Bewer
The Pre-Mosaic Tithe: Issues and
Implications
Mark A. Snoeberger
Genesis 15
Bob Utley
Genesis 15: An Exercise in
Translation Principles
Raymond R. Rickards
Gender, Class, and Androcentric
Compliance in the Rapes of Enslaved Women in the Hebrew Bible
Susanne Scholz
Reinterpreting Hagar's Story
Jessica Grimes
The interpretation of the Sarah-Hagar
stories in rabbinic and patristic literature
Irene Pabst
The Naming of Isaac: The Role of
the Wife/Sister Episodes in the Redaction of Genesis
John Ronning
Isaac
Jewish Encyclopedia
Isaac
Isaac
Wikipedia
Neith
and the Two Biblical Deborahs: One and the Same
Gary Greenberg The bible makes
reference to two separate women named Deborah. One was the nurse to
Abraham's son Isaac and the other was, in the much later period of the
Judges, a military leader referred to as "a mother in Israel". In this
paperit is argued that both Deborahs were mythological figures based on
Hebrew recollections of the goddess Neith, the goddess who ruled in the
area of Egypt where Israel dwelled in earlier times
Looking for Abraham's City
Daniel
J. Estes
Abraham Had Two Sons: A Study in Pauline Hermeneutics
F. F. Bruce
Covenant
Kaufmann Kohler,
Louis Ginzberg, Richard Gottheil, Isaac Broyde, Emil G. Hirsch and J.
Frederic McCurdy
Genesis 16
Bob Utley
Ishmael
Isidore Singer, M.
Seligsohn, Richard Gottheil and Hartwig Hirschfeld
Ismael
Francis Gigot
Ishmael
David Mandel
Ishmael
Wikipedia
Genesis 17
Bob Utley
Genesis
17 - 25:18 Abraham -- Part 2
David Colburn
From My Flesh I Would Behold God: Imaginal Representation and
Inscripting Divine Justice, Preliminary Observations
Elliot R. Wolfson
Genesis 18
Bob Utley
It Takes Two (or More): Genesis 18-19 and Communal Theophany
Brantley Craig
Just us - or Justice: a comment on Wolfson's reading of Genesis 18
Dov Nelkin
On the Particular and the Universal
Steven
Kepnes
Re-Figuring Hospitality: Interpreting Incarnation in Genesis 18-19
Willie Young
Genesis 19
Bob Utley
"The Old Testament
Attitude to Homosexuality,"
Gordon J Wenham
Sodom
Joseph Jacobs and
Schulim Ochser
Sodom and Gomorrah
Wikipedia
Avraham and
Sdom
Menachem
Leibtag
Genesis 20
Bob Utley
Reinterpreting Hagar's Story
Jessica Grimes
The interpretation
of the Sarah-Hagar stories in rabbinic and patristic literature
Irene Pabst
Genesis 21
Bob Utley
Hagar's
Wilderness Sojourn (Genesis 21:15-21)
Paul Lindemulder
The Birth of Isaac: Genesis 21:1-7
Wendell W. Frerichs
Isaac
Isidore
Singer and Isaac Broyde
Isaac
Francis Gigot
Isaac Wikipedia
Hagar
Solomon
Schechter, Gotthard Deutsch, Emil G. Hirsch, Hartwig Hirschfeld
Hagar
David Mandel
Hagar
Wikipedia
Genesis 22
Bob Utley
Sacrificing Our Future (Genesis 22)
Rick R. Marrs
The Atonement and Human Sacrifice
David R. Dilling
The Role of Genesis 22:1 - 19 in the
Abraham Cycle: A Computer-Assisted Textual Interpretation
Robert D. Bergen
The Test of Abraham: Genesis 22:1 - 19 John I. Lawlor
Isaac Multiplex: Genesis 22 in a New Historical Representation
Christo Lombaard
The Sacrifice of
Isaac in Qumran Literature
Joseph A. Fitzmeyer
The Akeda or
the Sacrifice of Isaac: Creative Readings of a Text
Joe Mulrooney
God, Abraham, and the Abuse of Isaac
Terence E. Fretheim
The Role of Genesis 22:1-19 in the Abraham Cycle: A Computer- Assisted
Textual Interpretation Robert D. Bergen
The Binding of Isaac
W.
Dow Edgerton
The Akedah: Binding Isaac
Louis Jacobs
Genesis 23
Bob Utley
The Naming of Isaac: The Role of the
Wife/Sister Episodes in the Redaction of Genesis
John Ronning
The
Sabbatical/Jubilee Cycle and the Seven-Year Famine in Egypt
C.
Carmichael. The Jubilee linked back to Joseph's counsel regarding the
famine in Egypt.
Genesis 24
Bob Utley
Jacob
Jacob
Emil G. Hirsch,
M. Seligsohn, Solomon Schechter and Julius H. Greenstone
Jacob
Francis Gigot
Jacob
Louis Jacobs
Jacob
Wikipedia
Jacob
Hampton
Keathly IV
Jacob
and Esau
Gary Inbinder
The Structure of the Jacob Narrative
Jacob's Model Prayer
Charles
Haddon Spurgeon
Rebekah
Emil G. Hirsch
Rebekah
David Mandel
Rebekah
Wikipedia
The Naming of Isaac: The Role of the Wife/Sister Episodes in the
Redaction of Genesis
John Ronning
Genesis
25
Bob Utley
Election
and Transformation Genesis
25:
19-34 Lawrence Semel. The truth of the sovereignty of God and the
glories of the doctrine of election. Jacob knew that election called for
responsibility. What he had to learn was that his responsibility must
be, above all else, the manifestation of a character that in all
respects was conformed to the divine will.
Genesis 25:19 - 36 Isaac,
Jacob, Esau
David Colburn
Election and
Transformation (Genesis 25:19-34)
Lawrence Semel
Esau
Frants
Buhl, Emil G. Hirsch and Solomon Schechter
Esau
Wikipedia
From Avraham to
Yitzchak to Yaakov: Which Son is Chosen?
Menachem Leibtag
Yitzchak's
Blessing of Yaakov and Esav
Menachem Leibtag
Genesis 26
Bob Utley
Celebrating and Sharing the Gift: Reflections on Jacob, Israel's
Ancestor
Ralph W. Klein
explores the presence of God in Jacob's dream at
Bethel, his wrestling with God at Penuel and his reunion with his
brother Esau.
Genesis 27
Bob Utley
Jacob's Vision: The Founding of
Bethel
Allen P. Ross
Genesis 28
Bob Utley
Bethel: House
of God (Genesis 28:10-22)
William
D. Dennison
Jacob's Vision: The Founding of Bethel
Allen P. Ross
Yaakov's Dream, Am
Yisrael's Future
Menachem Leibtag
Rachel
Emil G. Hirsch
Rachel
David Mandel
Rachel
Wikipedia
Never Satisfied! - The Story of Jacob and Rachel
Richard L Strauss
Bethel:
House of God Genesis 28:10-22 William D
Dennison Jacob can leave Canaan because God has revealed a better country
to him. That better country is Bethel, the house of God, the final
redemption of his people.
Genesis 29
Bob Utley
Celebrating and Sharing the Gift:
Reflections on Jacob, Israel's Ancestor
Ralph W. Klein
Leah and Rachel: A Tale of Two Sisters
Joan
Ross-Burstall
The Chronology and Birth of Jacob's
Children by Leah and Her Handmaid
Charles L. Zimmerman
Another Look at Rachel's Theft of the Teraphim
Moshe Greenberg
Genesis 30
Bob Utley
Jacob at the Jabbok, Israel at Peniel
Allen
P. Ross
"You Have Prevailed": The Function of Jacob's Encounter at Peniel in
the Jacob Cycle
S. McKenzie
Genesis 31
Bob Utley
Genesis 32
Bob Utley
The Master-Key, Opening The
Gate Of Heaven
Charles
Haddon Spurgeon
Jacob's Wrestling Match - Was it an Angel or Esau
Jack Miles
On Jacob's
Wrestling Episode
Walter Brueggemann
Yaakov's Name
Change to Yisrael
Menachem Leibtag
Jacob at the Jabbok, Israel at
Peniel
Allen P. Ross
Genesis 33
Bob Utley
What is Yaakov
Doing in Shechem?
Menachem Leibtag
Genesis 34
Bob Utley
Dinah
Eduard Konig, Emil G. Hirsch, Louis Ginzberg and
Caspar Levias
Dinah
Wikipedia
The Silence in Dinah's Cry
Ron Clark
What
Really Happened to Dinah
Suzanne Scholtz
offers a feminist analysis of
Genesis 34.
Reclaiming Dinah
Lael Aucion
Feminist Hermeneutics and Evangelical Concerns: The Rape of Dinah as a
Case Study
Robin Parry
Source Criticism & Genesis 34
Robin Parry
Neith and the Two Biblical
Deborahs: One and the Same
Gary Greenberg
Genesis 35
Bob Utley
Joseph for Children
Nine studies by
Jodi Hooper
Read about
Bible Lessons 4 Kidz
On Joseph
and His Brothers
Walter Brueggemann
Joseph
Jewish Encyclopedia
Joseph Wikipedia
Who
Really Sold Yosef?
Menachem Leibtag
Yosef
and his Brothers Menachem Leibtag
Genesis 36
Bob Utley
Lothan [Gen. 36:20] and Leviathan
[Psalm 104:26]
Charles F. Pfeiffer
Genesis 37
Bob Utley
Genesis 37 - 50 Joseph
David Colburn
Benjamin
Richard Gottheil, Kaufmann Kohler,
Marcus Jastrow, Louis Ginzberg and Duncan B. McDonald
Benjamin
Wikipedia
Joseph in Egypt
Charles Ailing,
The Oak of Weeping
Shaul Bar
Genesis 38
Bob Utley
An Exegetical Study of Genesis 38
S. D. Mathewson
Genesis 38: Its Context(s) and
Function
Edward M. Curtis
Terminological Patterns and Genesis
38
Wilfried Warning
Rescue from Fiery Death Daniel Ch 3 and
Genesis Cha 38
Zvi Ron
Dan
A. J. Rowe
Dan Jewish Encyclopedia
Dan
Wikipedia
Tamar
David Mandel
Tamar
Jewish Encyclopedia
Tamar
Wikipedia
Genesis 39
Bob Utley
Potiphar's Wife and the Cultural
Template of Sacred Sexuality
Thalia Gur-KleinTerminological
patterns and Genesis 39
Wilfried Warning
What
Mitzvot Did the Avot Keep?
Menachem Leibtag
Genesis 40
Bob Utley
The
Sabbatical/Jubilee Cycle and the Seven-Year Famine in Egypt
C. Carmichael
Joseph in Egypt Part 1 --
Part 2 --
Part 3 --
Part 4 --
Part 5 --
Part 6
Genesis 41
Bob Utley
Religious
Canon and Literary Identity Mieke Bal
Genesis 42
Bob Utley
Genesis 43
Bob Utley
Genesis 44
Bob Utley
Genesis 45
Bob Utley
Genesis 46
Bob Utley
Jacob's Blessing on Pharaoh: An Interpretation of Genesis
46:31 - 47:26 J. L. McKenzie
Genesis 47
Bob Utley
A Consideration of the Identity of the Pharaoh of Genesis 47
James R. Battenfield
Genesis 48
Bob Utley
From
Breishit to Shmot Menachem
Leibtag - When Yaakov and family depart for
Egypt, are they planning "yerida?" In other words, do they intend to
make Egypt their permanent home, or are they planning just a 'short
visit?'
Bracha,
Bechira, or Bechora? Menachem Leibtag
Genesis 49
Bob Utley
An
Early Text for later Messianic Conceptions
Greg
Herrick examines Genesis 49: 8-12 in an attempt to show
Davidic regal conceptions in the Old Testament as backdrop for the New
Testament presentation of the Messiah.
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