Reading for Unity in Genesis 1:1-11:9
1st Edition
Published on 5. February 2026
296 pages
978-1-9787-6118-6 (ISBN)
Description
In this edited collection, Daniel B. Oden, J. David Stark, and the contributors wrestle with the complexities of unity.
Discussing Genesis 1:1-11:9, the essays herein describe the hermeneutics of unity appeals from the Ancient Near East to the twenty-first century and in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The contributors particularly attend to these appeals' hermeneutical dimensions, asking why and how the appeals connect themselves to Genesis and how they foster a vision of unity in the process. Despite and, indeed, because of their differences, these appeals show what is common among those who seek unity in dialogue with Genesis and the traditions surrounding it.
Discussing Genesis 1:1-11:9, the essays herein describe the hermeneutics of unity appeals from the Ancient Near East to the twenty-first century and in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The contributors particularly attend to these appeals' hermeneutical dimensions, asking why and how the appeals connect themselves to Genesis and how they foster a vision of unity in the process. Despite and, indeed, because of their differences, these appeals show what is common among those who seek unity in dialogue with Genesis and the traditions surrounding it.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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3 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-6118-6 (9781978761186)
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Persons
J. David Stark is professor of Biblical Studies and the Winnie and Cecil May Jr. Biblical Research Fellow at Faulkner University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge.
Daniel B. Oden is professor of Hebrew Bible in the College of Bible and Ministry at Harding University.
Daniel B. Oden is professor of Hebrew Bible in the College of Bible and Ministry at Harding University.
Content
Introduction: "Hermeneutics, Unity, and Genesis 1:1-11:9", J. David Stark
Part 1: Reading for Unity in Genesis 1:1-3:24
Chapter One: "The Battle for the Bible: Evangelical Biblical Interpretation, Inerrancy, and Genesis 1-2", Todd M. Brenneman
Chapter Two: "Irenaeus on Genesis 1-2: The Unity of First and Last Things in the Economic Work of God", Joseph K. Gordon
Chapter Three: "Imag(in)ing Adam and the Messiah in a Hermeneutics of Unity", J. David Stark
Chapter Four: "'Seeing with Eyes Asquint': A Re-visionist Reading of Augustine's Teaching on Original Sin", Alden Bass
Chapter Five: "The Seven Faces of Eve: Reflections on Recent Reception Critical Analysis of the Character of Eve", Kevin Youngblood
Part 2: Reading for Unity in Genesis 4:1-11:9
Chapter Six: "Genesis 4 in 1 John 3: Cain and Abel as Models of Christian Division and Unity", Melvin L. Otey
Chapter Seven: "Inundation and Prophetic Inspiration: Noah's Flood in the Prophetic Literature", Kipp Swinney
Chapter Eight: "United We Fall: The Unifying Power of the Curse of Ham", Wes Crawford
Chapter Nine: "Unity and Exclusivity: The Table of Nations and Fictive Kinships in the Hellenistic World", Jared Saltz
Chapter Ten: "'In the Guise of Wrath Did He Give the Riches of His Beneficence': The Drama of Divine Pedagogy in Early Syrian Interpretations of Genesis 11:1-9", Jeff W. Childers
Chapter Eleven: "Resisting Babel: A Polemic against Imperial Power", John Mark Hicks
About the Contributors
Part 1: Reading for Unity in Genesis 1:1-3:24
Chapter One: "The Battle for the Bible: Evangelical Biblical Interpretation, Inerrancy, and Genesis 1-2", Todd M. Brenneman
Chapter Two: "Irenaeus on Genesis 1-2: The Unity of First and Last Things in the Economic Work of God", Joseph K. Gordon
Chapter Three: "Imag(in)ing Adam and the Messiah in a Hermeneutics of Unity", J. David Stark
Chapter Four: "'Seeing with Eyes Asquint': A Re-visionist Reading of Augustine's Teaching on Original Sin", Alden Bass
Chapter Five: "The Seven Faces of Eve: Reflections on Recent Reception Critical Analysis of the Character of Eve", Kevin Youngblood
Part 2: Reading for Unity in Genesis 4:1-11:9
Chapter Six: "Genesis 4 in 1 John 3: Cain and Abel as Models of Christian Division and Unity", Melvin L. Otey
Chapter Seven: "Inundation and Prophetic Inspiration: Noah's Flood in the Prophetic Literature", Kipp Swinney
Chapter Eight: "United We Fall: The Unifying Power of the Curse of Ham", Wes Crawford
Chapter Nine: "Unity and Exclusivity: The Table of Nations and Fictive Kinships in the Hellenistic World", Jared Saltz
Chapter Ten: "'In the Guise of Wrath Did He Give the Riches of His Beneficence': The Drama of Divine Pedagogy in Early Syrian Interpretations of Genesis 11:1-9", Jeff W. Childers
Chapter Eleven: "Resisting Babel: A Polemic against Imperial Power", John Mark Hicks
About the Contributors
