Genesis: A Commentary

This landmark commentary marshals the vast experience and brilliant insights of one of today's most revered Old Testament scholars. Exploring Genesis as "theological literature", Waltke strikes an unusual balance by emphasising the theology of the Scripture text while also paying particular attention to the flow and development of the plot and literary techniques that shape the message of the "book of beginnings".

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This landmark commentary marshals the vast experience and brilliant insights of one of today's most revered Old Testament scholars. To those familiar with the work of Bruce K. Waltke, the significance and value of Genesis will be instantly apparent. Others who are unfamiliar with Waltke have only to read the first few chapters to understand why he has earned the reputation of a scholar's scholar, and why this masterful volume stands like a monolith among Old Testament commentaries.Exploring the first book of the Bible as "theological literature," Waltke illuminates its meanings and methods for the pastor, scholar, teacher, student, and Bible-lover. Genesis strikes an unusual balance by emphasizing the theology of the Scripture text while also paying particular attention to the flow and development of the plot and literary techniques--inclusion, irony, chiasm, and concentric patterning--that shape the message of the "book of beginnings."GenesisModels the way to read and interpret the n