Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11 by Collins, C. John

Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11

What does it mean to be a good reader of Genesis 1-11? What does it mean to...
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Author: C. John Collins
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Language: English
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Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11 by Collins, C. John

Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11

$106.99 $59.18

Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11

$106.99 $59.18
Author: C. John Collins
Format: Paperback
Language: English

What does it mean to be a good reader of Genesis 1-11? What does it mean to take these ancient stories seriously and how does that relate to taking them literally? Can we even take any of this material seriously?

Reading Genesis Well answers these questions and more, promoting a responsible conversation about how science and biblical faith relate by developing a rigorous approach to interpreting the Bible, especially those texts that come into play in science and faith discussions. This unique approach connects the ancient writings of Genesis 1-11 with modern science in an honest and informed way.

Old Testament scholar C. John Collins appropriates literary and linguistic insights from C. S. Lewis and builds on them using ideas from modern linguistics, such as lexical semantics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics. This study helps readers to evaluate to what extent it is proper to say that the Bible writers held a "primitive" picture of the world, and what function their portrayal of the world and its contents had in shaping the community.



Author: C. John Collins
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Published: 11/13/2018
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780310598572

About the Author
Collins, C. John: - C. John Collins (PhD, University of Liverpool) is Professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary. Chair of the Old Testament translation committee for the English Standard Version, he is the author of Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary; The God of Miracles: An Exegetical Examination of God's Action in the World; Science and Faith: Friends or Foes? and Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? Who They Were and Why You Should Care.

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