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Part IV - Reception History of Genesis

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The Cambridge Companion to Genesis , pp. 301 - 360
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Stump, Eleonore. Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Weiss, Shira. Ethical Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible: Philosophical Analysis of Scriptural Narrative. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Adams, Robert Merrihew. Finite and Infinite Goods. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.Google Scholar
Capek, Felip. “A Philosophical Discourse on Genesis 22-Akedah Reflected by Kant, Fichte, and Schelling.” CV 52.3 (2010): 217–27.Google Scholar
Fleischacker, Samuel. The Good and the Good Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gericke, Jaco. The Hebrew Bible and Philosophy of Religion. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.Google Scholar
Hazony, Yoram. The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kant, Immanuel, The Conflict of the Faculties. Translated by Mary J. Gregor. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1979.Google Scholar
Kass, Leon R. The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis. New York, NY: Free Press, 2003.Google Scholar
Kierkegaard, Søren. Fear and Trembling: A Dialectical Lyric. Translated by Walter Lowrie. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1941.Google Scholar
Levenson, John. The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1993.Google Scholar
Levy, Ze’ev. “On the Aquedah in Modern Philosophy.” Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 15.1 (2007): 85–108.Google Scholar
Stump, Eleonore. Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Weiss, Shira. Ethical Ambiguity in the Hebrew Bible: Philosophical Analysis of Scriptural Narrative. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Adams, Robert Merrihew. Finite and Infinite Goods. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.Google Scholar
Capek, Felip. “A Philosophical Discourse on Genesis 22-Akedah Reflected by Kant, Fichte, and Schelling.” CV 52.3 (2010): 217–27.Google Scholar
Fleischacker, Samuel. The Good and the Good Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gericke, Jaco. The Hebrew Bible and Philosophy of Religion. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012.Google Scholar
Hazony, Yoram. The Philosophy of Hebrew Scripture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kant, Immanuel, The Conflict of the Faculties. Translated by Mary J. Gregor. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1979.Google Scholar
Kass, Leon R. The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis. New York, NY: Free Press, 2003.Google Scholar
Kierkegaard, Søren. Fear and Trembling: A Dialectical Lyric. Translated by Walter Lowrie. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1941.Google Scholar
Levenson, John. The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1993.Google Scholar
Levy, Ze’ev. “On the Aquedah in Modern Philosophy.” Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 15.1 (2007): 85–108.Google Scholar
Stump, Eleonore. Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2010.Google Scholar
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Bakhos, Carol. Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab. SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion.Albany: SUNY Press, 2006.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Clifford, Richard J. “Election in Genesis 1.” Pages 7–22 in The Call of Abraham: Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson. Edited by Anderson, Gary A. and Kaminsky, Joel. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 2013.Google Scholar
Freedman, David Noel. The Nine Commandments: Uncovering a Hidden Pattern of Crime and Punishment in the Hebrew Bible. New York: Doubleday, 2000.Google Scholar
Fretheim, Terence. Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2007.Google Scholar
Grüneberg, Keith Nigel. Abraham, Blessing and the Nations: A Philological and Exegetical Study of Genesis 12:3 in its Narrative Context. BZAW 332. New York; Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2003.Google Scholar
Kaminsky, Joel S. Yet I Loved Jacob: Reclaiming the Biblical Concept of Election. Nashville: Abingdon, 2007.Google Scholar
Leibowitz, Nehama. Studies in Bereshit (Genesis) in the Context of Ancient and Modern Jewish Bible Commentary. Jerusalem: World Zionist Organization, 1972.Google Scholar
Levenson, Jon D. “The Universal Horizon of Biblical Particularism.” Pages 143–69 in Ethnicity and the Bible. Edited by Brett, Mark. Leiden: Brill, 1996.Google Scholar
Lohr, Joel N. Chosen and Unchosen: Conceptions of Election in the Pentateuch and Jewish-Christian Interpretation. Siphrut 2. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009.Google Scholar
Lyke, Larry. King David with the Wise Woman of Tekoa: The Resonance of Tradition in Parabolic Narrative. JSOTSup 255. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.Google Scholar
Moberly, R. W. L. The Bible, Theology, and Faith: A Study of Abraham and Jesus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Moberly, R. W. L. “Is Monotheism Bad for You? Some Reflections on God, the Bible, and Life in the Light of Regina Schwartz’s The Curse of Cain.” Pages 94–112 in The God of Israel. Edited by Gordon, R. P.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.Google Scholar
Noble, John T. A Place for Hagar’s Son: Ishmael as a Case Study in the Priestly Tradition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016.Google Scholar
Schwartz, Regina. The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.Google Scholar
Williamson, Paul R. Abraham, Israel and the Nations: The Patriarchal Promise and its Covenantal Development in Genesis. JSOTSup 315. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Wolff, Hans Walter. “The Kerygma of the Yahwist.” Pages 41–66 in The Vitality of Old Testament Tradition. Edited by Brueggemann, Walter and Wolff, Hans W.. Atlanta: John Knox, 1975.Google Scholar
Bakhos, Carol. Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab. SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion.Albany: SUNY Press, 2006.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Clifford, Richard J. “Election in Genesis 1.” Pages 7–22 in The Call of Abraham: Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson. Edited by Anderson, Gary A. and Kaminsky, Joel. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 2013.Google Scholar
Freedman, David Noel. The Nine Commandments: Uncovering a Hidden Pattern of Crime and Punishment in the Hebrew Bible. New York: Doubleday, 2000.Google Scholar
Fretheim, Terence. Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2007.Google Scholar
Grüneberg, Keith Nigel. Abraham, Blessing and the Nations: A Philological and Exegetical Study of Genesis 12:3 in its Narrative Context. BZAW 332. New York; Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2003.Google Scholar
Kaminsky, Joel S. Yet I Loved Jacob: Reclaiming the Biblical Concept of Election. Nashville: Abingdon, 2007.Google Scholar
Leibowitz, Nehama. Studies in Bereshit (Genesis) in the Context of Ancient and Modern Jewish Bible Commentary. Jerusalem: World Zionist Organization, 1972.Google Scholar
Levenson, Jon D. “The Universal Horizon of Biblical Particularism.” Pages 143–69 in Ethnicity and the Bible. Edited by Brett, Mark. Leiden: Brill, 1996.Google Scholar
Lohr, Joel N. Chosen and Unchosen: Conceptions of Election in the Pentateuch and Jewish-Christian Interpretation. Siphrut 2. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009.Google Scholar
Lyke, Larry. King David with the Wise Woman of Tekoa: The Resonance of Tradition in Parabolic Narrative. JSOTSup 255. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.Google Scholar
Moberly, R. W. L. The Bible, Theology, and Faith: A Study of Abraham and Jesus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Moberly, R. W. L. “Is Monotheism Bad for You? Some Reflections on God, the Bible, and Life in the Light of Regina Schwartz’s The Curse of Cain.” Pages 94–112 in The God of Israel. Edited by Gordon, R. P.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.Google Scholar
Noble, John T. A Place for Hagar’s Son: Ishmael as a Case Study in the Priestly Tradition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016.Google Scholar
Schwartz, Regina. The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.Google Scholar
Williamson, Paul R. Abraham, Israel and the Nations: The Patriarchal Promise and its Covenantal Development in Genesis. JSOTSup 315. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Wolff, Hans Walter. “The Kerygma of the Yahwist.” Pages 41–66 in The Vitality of Old Testament Tradition. Edited by Brueggemann, Walter and Wolff, Hans W.. Atlanta: John Knox, 1975.Google Scholar
Bakhos, Carol. Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab. SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion.Albany: SUNY Press, 2006.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Clifford, Richard J. “Election in Genesis 1.” Pages 7–22 in The Call of Abraham: Essays on the Election of Israel in Honor of Jon D. Levenson. Edited by Anderson, Gary A. and Kaminsky, Joel. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 2013.Google Scholar
Freedman, David Noel. The Nine Commandments: Uncovering a Hidden Pattern of Crime and Punishment in the Hebrew Bible. New York: Doubleday, 2000.Google Scholar
Fretheim, Terence. Abraham: Trials of Family and Faith. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2007.Google Scholar
Grüneberg, Keith Nigel. Abraham, Blessing and the Nations: A Philological and Exegetical Study of Genesis 12:3 in its Narrative Context. BZAW 332. New York; Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2003.Google Scholar
Kaminsky, Joel S. Yet I Loved Jacob: Reclaiming the Biblical Concept of Election. Nashville: Abingdon, 2007.Google Scholar
Leibowitz, Nehama. Studies in Bereshit (Genesis) in the Context of Ancient and Modern Jewish Bible Commentary. Jerusalem: World Zionist Organization, 1972.Google Scholar
Levenson, Jon D. “The Universal Horizon of Biblical Particularism.” Pages 143–69 in Ethnicity and the Bible. Edited by Brett, Mark. Leiden: Brill, 1996.Google Scholar
Lohr, Joel N. Chosen and Unchosen: Conceptions of Election in the Pentateuch and Jewish-Christian Interpretation. Siphrut 2. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009.Google Scholar
Lyke, Larry. King David with the Wise Woman of Tekoa: The Resonance of Tradition in Parabolic Narrative. JSOTSup 255. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.Google Scholar
Moberly, R. W. L. The Bible, Theology, and Faith: A Study of Abraham and Jesus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Moberly, R. W. L. “Is Monotheism Bad for You? Some Reflections on God, the Bible, and Life in the Light of Regina Schwartz’s The Curse of Cain.” Pages 94–112 in The God of Israel. Edited by Gordon, R. P.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.Google Scholar
Noble, John T. A Place for Hagar’s Son: Ishmael as a Case Study in the Priestly Tradition. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016.Google Scholar
Schwartz, Regina. The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.Google Scholar
Williamson, Paul R. Abraham, Israel and the Nations: The Patriarchal Promise and its Covenantal Development in Genesis. JSOTSup 315. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Wolff, Hans Walter. “The Kerygma of the Yahwist.” Pages 41–66 in The Vitality of Old Testament Tradition. Edited by Brueggemann, Walter and Wolff, Hans W.. Atlanta: John Knox, 1975.Google Scholar

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Danielson, Dennis. “Eve.” Pages 251–54 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar
Jacobs, Alan. “Joseph the Patriarch,” Pages 414–16 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar
Labriola, A. C. “The Bible and Iconography.” Pages 175–99 in The Oxford Handbook of Reception History of the Bible. Edited by Lieb, Michael, Mason, Emma, Roberts, Jonathan, and Rowland, Christopher. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.Google Scholar
Oden, Thomas C., ed. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. 29 vols. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001–10.Google Scholar
Provan, Iain. Discovering Genesis: Content, Interpretation, Reception. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.Google Scholar
Provan, Iain. Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. et al. “Abraham.” Pages 280–88 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. “Jacob.” Pages 17–25 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 11. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. “Joseph.” Pages 406–13 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 11. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Siebald, Manfred. “Potiphar’s Wife.” Pages 625–26 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar
Danielson, Dennis. “Eve.” Pages 251–54 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar
Jacobs, Alan. “Joseph the Patriarch,” Pages 414–16 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar
Labriola, A. C. “The Bible and Iconography.” Pages 175–99 in The Oxford Handbook of Reception History of the Bible. Edited by Lieb, Michael, Mason, Emma, Roberts, Jonathan, and Rowland, Christopher. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.Google Scholar
Oden, Thomas C., ed. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. 29 vols. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001–10.Google Scholar
Provan, Iain. Discovering Genesis: Content, Interpretation, Reception. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.Google Scholar
Provan, Iain. Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. et al. “Abraham.” Pages 280–88 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. “Jacob.” Pages 17–25 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 11. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. “Joseph.” Pages 406–13 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 11. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Siebald, Manfred. “Potiphar’s Wife.” Pages 625–26 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar
Danielson, Dennis. “Eve.” Pages 251–54 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar
Jacobs, Alan. “Joseph the Patriarch,” Pages 414–16 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar
Labriola, A. C. “The Bible and Iconography.” Pages 175–99 in The Oxford Handbook of Reception History of the Bible. Edited by Lieb, Michael, Mason, Emma, Roberts, Jonathan, and Rowland, Christopher. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.Google Scholar
Oden, Thomas C., ed. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. 29 vols. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001–10.Google Scholar
Provan, Iain. Discovering Genesis: Content, Interpretation, Reception. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.Google Scholar
Provan, Iain. Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. et al. “Abraham.” Pages 280–88 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 1. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. “Jacob.” Pages 17–25 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 11. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Sarna, N. M. “Joseph.” Pages 406–13 in Encyclopaedia Judaica. Edited by Berenbaum, Michael and Fred, Skolnik. Vol. 11. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007.Google Scholar
Siebald, Manfred. “Potiphar’s Wife.” Pages 625–26 in A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature. Edited by Jeffrey, David L.. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992.Google Scholar

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