Genesis an Introduction

Cover\r......Page 1
Back\r......Page 2
Titlepage\r......Page 3
copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Translator\'s Preface......Page 7
1. The Story of Primeval Events in the Pentateuch and Its Prehistory......Page 9
2. The Numerative Sections in Gen 1-11: The Genealogies as the Framework of the Story of Primeval Events......Page 14
3. The Narrative Sections of Gen 1-11......Page 26
A. The Creation Narratives......Page 27
B. The Narratives of Crime and Punishment......Page 55
C. The Stories of Human Achievements......Page 64
D. The Primeval Story as a Whole......Page 70
4. The Theological Significance of the Primeval Story......Page 72
5. Literature......Page 77
A. Literature......Page 82
B. Pentateuchal Research......Page 84
1. The Significance of the Patriarchal Story......Page 123
A. The Fathers of the People......Page 124
B. The Patriarchal Story in the Canon......Page 126
C. The Composition of the Patriarchal Story......Page 128
2. The Origin and Growth of the Patriarchal Story......Page 130
A. The Written Stage of the Patriarchal Traditions—the Literary Approach......Page 131
B. The Oral Stage......Page 135
A. The Modern Archaeological Approach......Page 158
B. Migrations of Peoples in the Near East and Migrations of the Patriarchs......Page 161
C. Peoples, Territories, and Cities......Page 163
D. The Time of the Patriarchs......Page 173
4. Literature: Genesis 12-50......Page 186
A. The Significance of the Patriarchal Story......Page 187
B. The Origin and Growth of the Patriarchal Story......Page 189
C. The World of the Patriarchal Story and the Question of the Time of the Patriarchs......Page 192
5. The Religion of the Patriarchs......Page 205
A. Characteristics of the Religion of the Patriarchs......Page 208
B. The Cult\r......Page 210
C. The Promises to the Patriarchs......Page 211
D. The Covenant with the Fathers......Page 212
1. General......Page 213
2. Religion of the Patriarchs......Page 214
3. The God of the Patriarchs......Page 216
4. Names of God......Page 217
5. Promise......Page 218
6. Covenant......Page 220
6. Structure and Growth of Genesis 12-25......Page 222
1. The Constituent Parts of the Composition......Page 224
2. The Promises......Page 225
3. Abraham-Lot Narratives......Page 226
4. The Composition as a Whole......Page 227
B. Abraham in Later Literature......Page 229
Literature......Page 231
B. The Written Stage of the Transmission......Page 232
A. The Patriarchs as Persons......Page 235
B. The Religion of the Patriarchs: Concluding Remarks......Page 236
C. The Patriarchal Story in the Pentateuch and in the Old Testament......Page 237
3. The Later History of the Patriarchal Tradition......Page 238
Literature on the History of the Exegesis of Genesis 37-50......Page 239
Other Literature on Genesis 37-50......Page 240
1. The History of the Exegesis 37-50......Page 242
A. The Literary-Critical and the Traditio-Historical Problem......Page 243
B. The Literary Form......Page 244
C. The Question of the Composition......Page 245
2. The Composition of Genesis 37-50......Page 246
3. The Composition of the Joseph Story in the Stricter Sense (Gen. 37; 39-45f.)......Page 248
Excursus: The Joseph Story as a Short Story (Novelle)......Page 249
5. The Joseph Story and Wisdom......Page 250
6. The Joseph Story and the Patriarchal Traditions......Page 251
8. Parallels and Egyptian Background......Page 252
A. The Architectonics......Page 255
B. Doubling as an Artistic Device of the Narrator......Page 256
2. The Joseph Narrative and Wisdom......Page 257
3. The Individual and the Group in the Joseph Narrative......Page 258
4. What Does the Joseph Narrative Say about God?......Page 260
B. The Joseph Narrative outside the Bible......Page 262
Supplement to Literature on Genesis 1-50......Page 264
Abbreviations......Page 267
Index of Biblical References (with Apocrypha)......Page 281
Index of Names and Subjects......Page 283