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Part III - Themes and Literary Motifs of Genesis

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The Cambridge Companion to Genesis , pp. 209 - 300
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Garr, W. Randall., In His Own Image and Likeness: Humanity, Divinity, and Monotheism. CHANE 15. Leiden: Brill, 2003.Google Scholar
Humphreys, W. Lee., The Character of God in the Book of Genesis: A Narrative Appraisal. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.Google Scholar
Jónsson, Gunnlaugur A. The Image of God: Genesis 1: 26–28 in a Century of Old Testament Research. ConBOT 26. Stockholm: Alqvist & Wiksell, 1988.Google Scholar
Kass, Leon R. The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2003.Google Scholar
McDowell, Catherine L. The Image of God in the Garden of Eden: The Creation of Humankind in Genesis 2: 5–3:24 in Light of the mīs pȋ and wpt-r Rituals of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Siphrut 15. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2015.Google Scholar
Middleton, J. Richard., The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2005.Google Scholar
Miles, Jack. God: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.Google Scholar
Petersen, Ryan S. The Imago Dei as Human Identity: A Theological Interpretation. JTISup 14. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2016.Google Scholar
Strawn, Brent A. “Comparative Approaches: History, Theory, and the Image of God.” Pages 117–42 in Method Matters: Essays on the Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David L. Petersen. Edited by LeMon, Joel M. and Harold Richards, Kent. SBLRBS 56. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.Google Scholar
Strawn, Brent A. “The Image of God: Comparing the Old Testament with Other Ancient Near Eastern Cultures.” Pages 63–75 in Iconographic Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: An Introduction to Its Method and Practice. Edited by de Hulster, Izaak J., Strawn, Brent A., and Bonfiglio., Ryan P. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Briggs, Richard S. “Humans in the Image of God and Other Things Genesis Does Not Make Clear.” JTI 4 (2010): 111–26.Google Scholar
Garr, W. Randall., In His Own Image and Likeness: Humanity, Divinity, and Monotheism. CHANE 15. Leiden: Brill, 2003.Google Scholar
Humphreys, W. Lee., The Character of God in the Book of Genesis: A Narrative Appraisal. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.Google Scholar
Jónsson, Gunnlaugur A. The Image of God: Genesis 1: 26–28 in a Century of Old Testament Research. ConBOT 26. Stockholm: Alqvist & Wiksell, 1988.Google Scholar
Kass, Leon R. The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2003.Google Scholar
McDowell, Catherine L. The Image of God in the Garden of Eden: The Creation of Humankind in Genesis 2: 5–3:24 in Light of the mīs pȋ and wpt-r Rituals of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Siphrut 15. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2015.Google Scholar
Middleton, J. Richard., The Liberating Image: The Imago Dei in Genesis 1. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2005.Google Scholar
Miles, Jack. God: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.Google Scholar
Petersen, Ryan S. The Imago Dei as Human Identity: A Theological Interpretation. JTISup 14. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2016.Google Scholar
Strawn, Brent A. “Comparative Approaches: History, Theory, and the Image of God.” Pages 117–42 in Method Matters: Essays on the Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David L. Petersen. Edited by LeMon, Joel M. and Harold Richards, Kent. SBLRBS 56. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009.Google Scholar
Strawn, Brent A. “The Image of God: Comparing the Old Testament with Other Ancient Near Eastern Cultures.” Pages 63–75 in Iconographic Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament: An Introduction to Its Method and Practice. Edited by de Hulster, Izaak J., Strawn, Brent A., and Bonfiglio., Ryan P. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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Alexander, Denis. Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose? Oxford: Monarch Books, 2014.Google Scholar
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Bono, James J. The Word of God and the Languages of Man: Interpreting Nature in Early Modern Science and Medicine 1: Ficino to Descartes. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.Google Scholar
Collins, C. John. Science and Faith: Friends or Foes. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2003.Google Scholar
Craig, William Lane. In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021.Google Scholar
Haarsma, Loren. When Did Sin Begin: Human Evolution and The Doctrine of Original Sin. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021.Google Scholar
Harris, Mark. The Nature of Creation: Examining the Bible and Science. Durham, UK: Acumen, 2013.Google Scholar
Harrison, Peter. The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Modern Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.Google Scholar
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Howell, Kenneth J. God’s Two Books: Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.Google Scholar
Ratzsch, Delvin. Science and Its Limits: The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.Google Scholar
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van der Meer, Jitse M. and Mandelbrote, Scott, eds. 2008. Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill.Google Scholar
van der Meer, Jitse M. and Mandelbrote, Scott, eds. 2008. Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: 1700–Present. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill.Google Scholar
Walton, John H. The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015.Google Scholar
Alexander, Denis. Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose? Oxford: Monarch Books, 2014.Google Scholar
Blackwell, Richard J. Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.Google Scholar
Bono, James J. The Word of God and the Languages of Man: Interpreting Nature in Early Modern Science and Medicine 1: Ficino to Descartes. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.Google Scholar
Collins, C. John. Science and Faith: Friends or Foes. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2003.Google Scholar
Craig, William Lane. In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021.Google Scholar
Haarsma, Loren. When Did Sin Begin: Human Evolution and The Doctrine of Original Sin. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021.Google Scholar
Harris, Mark. The Nature of Creation: Examining the Bible and Science. Durham, UK: Acumen, 2013.Google Scholar
Harrison, Peter. The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Modern Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.Google Scholar
Hilber, John W. Old Testament Cosmology and Divine Accommodation: A Relevance Theory Approach. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2020.Google Scholar
Howell, Kenneth J. God’s Two Books: Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.Google Scholar
Ratzsch, Delvin. Science and Its Limits: The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Rupke, Nicolaas A. “Five Discourses of Bible and Science 1750–2000.” Pages 179–95 in A Master of Science History: Essays in Honor of Charles Coulston Gillispie. Edited by Buchwald, J. Z.. Dordrecht: Springer, 2011.Google Scholar
Swamidass, S. Joshua. Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019.Google Scholar
van den Brink, Gijsbert. Reformed Theology and Evolutionary Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2020, chapter 3.Google Scholar
van der Meer, Jitse M. and Mandelbrote, Scott, eds. 2008. Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill.Google Scholar
van der Meer, Jitse M. and Mandelbrote, Scott, eds. 2008. Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: 1700–Present. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill.Google Scholar
Walton, John H. The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015.Google Scholar
Alexander, Denis. Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose? Oxford: Monarch Books, 2014.Google Scholar
Blackwell, Richard J. Galileo, Bellarmine, and the Bible. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.Google Scholar
Bono, James J. The Word of God and the Languages of Man: Interpreting Nature in Early Modern Science and Medicine 1: Ficino to Descartes. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995.Google Scholar
Collins, C. John. Science and Faith: Friends or Foes. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2003.Google Scholar
Craig, William Lane. In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021.Google Scholar
Haarsma, Loren. When Did Sin Begin: Human Evolution and The Doctrine of Original Sin. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021.Google Scholar
Harris, Mark. The Nature of Creation: Examining the Bible and Science. Durham, UK: Acumen, 2013.Google Scholar
Harrison, Peter. The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Modern Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.Google Scholar
Hilber, John W. Old Testament Cosmology and Divine Accommodation: A Relevance Theory Approach. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2020.Google Scholar
Howell, Kenneth J. God’s Two Books: Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.Google Scholar
Ratzsch, Delvin. Science and Its Limits: The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Rupke, Nicolaas A. “Five Discourses of Bible and Science 1750–2000.” Pages 179–95 in A Master of Science History: Essays in Honor of Charles Coulston Gillispie. Edited by Buchwald, J. Z.. Dordrecht: Springer, 2011.Google Scholar
Swamidass, S. Joshua. Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019.Google Scholar
van den Brink, Gijsbert. Reformed Theology and Evolutionary Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2020, chapter 3.Google Scholar
van der Meer, Jitse M. and Mandelbrote, Scott, eds. 2008. Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: Up to 1700. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill.Google Scholar
van der Meer, Jitse M. and Mandelbrote, Scott, eds. 2008. Nature and Scripture in the Abrahamic Religions: 1700–Present. 2 vols. Leiden: Brill.Google Scholar
Walton, John H. The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2015.Google Scholar

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Barr, James. The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality. London: SCM Press, 1992.Google Scholar
Barton, John. Ethics in Ancient Israel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Crüsemann, Frank. “Dominion, Guilt, and Reconciliation: The Contribution of the Jacob Narrative in Genesis to Political Ethics.” Pages 67–77 in Ethics and Politics in the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Douglas, A. Knight and Meyers, Carol. Semeia 66. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995.Google Scholar
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Otto, Eckart “The Study of Law and Ethics in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.” Pages 594–621 in Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation III/2: The Twentieth Century. Edited by Magne, Sæbø. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015.Google Scholar
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Schlimm, Matthew R. From Fratricide to Forgiveness: The Language and Ethics of Anger in Genesis. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.Google Scholar
Schmid, Konrad. Theologie des Alten Testaments. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019.Google Scholar
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Barr, James. The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality. London: SCM Press, 1992.Google Scholar
Barton, John. Ethics in Ancient Israel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Crüsemann, Frank. “Dominion, Guilt, and Reconciliation: The Contribution of the Jacob Narrative in Genesis to Political Ethics.” Pages 67–77 in Ethics and Politics in the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Douglas, A. Knight and Meyers, Carol. Semeia 66. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995.Google Scholar
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Otto, Eckart. “Encountering Ancient Religions: Law and Ethics.” Pages 84–97 in Religions of the Ancient World. Edited by Johnston, Sarah Isles. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.Google Scholar
Otto, Eckart “The Study of Law and Ethics in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.” Pages 594–621 in Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation III/2: The Twentieth Century. Edited by Magne, Sæbø. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015.Google Scholar
Otto, Eckart Theologische Ethik des Alten Testaments. Theologische Wissenschaft 3/2. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1994.Google Scholar
Otto, Eckart “Der Urmensch im Paradies: Vom Ursprung des Bösen und der Freiheit des Menschen.” Pages 679–89 in Die Tora: Studien zum Pentateuch. Gesammelte Schriften. BZABR 9. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2009.Google Scholar
Otto, Eckart “Woher weiß der Mensch um Gut und Böse? Philosophische Annäherungen der ägyptischen und biblischen Weisheit an ein Grundproblem der Ethik.” Pages 207–31 in Recht und Ethos im Alten Testament: Gestalt und Wirkung. Edited by Beyerle, Stefan et al. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1999.Google Scholar
Schlimm, Matthew R. From Fratricide to Forgiveness: The Language and Ethics of Anger in Genesis. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.Google Scholar
Schmid, Konrad. Theologie des Alten Testaments. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019.Google Scholar
Steck, Odil Hannes. Die Paradieserzählung: Eine Auslegung von Genesis 2,4b–3,24. BibS(N) 60. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1970.Google Scholar
Steins, Georg. Die “Bindung Isaaks” im Kanon (Gen 22): Grundlagen und Programme einer kanonisch-intertextuellen Lektüre. HBS 20. Freiburg: Herder, 1999.Google Scholar
Barr, James. The Garden of Eden and the Hope of Immortality. London: SCM Press, 1992.Google Scholar
Barton, John. Ethics in Ancient Israel. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Crüsemann, Frank. “Dominion, Guilt, and Reconciliation: The Contribution of the Jacob Narrative in Genesis to Political Ethics.” Pages 67–77 in Ethics and Politics in the Hebrew Bible. Edited by Douglas, A. Knight and Meyers, Carol. Semeia 66. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995.Google Scholar
Fischer, Georg. “Die Josefsgeschichte als Modell für Versöhnung.” Pages 243–71. in Studies in the Book of Genesis: Literature, Redaction and History. Edited by Wenin, André. BETL 155. Leuven: Peeters, 2001.Google Scholar
Krüger, Thomas. “Genesis 38 – ein ‘Lehrstück’ alttestamentlicher Ethik.” Pages 205–26 in Konsequente Traditionsgeschichte. Edited by Bartelmus, Rüdiger et al. OBO 126. Fribourg: Universitätsverlag; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993.Google Scholar
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Otto, Eckart. “Encountering Ancient Religions: Law and Ethics.” Pages 84–97 in Religions of the Ancient World. Edited by Johnston, Sarah Isles. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004.Google Scholar
Otto, Eckart “The Study of Law and Ethics in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.” Pages 594–621 in Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament: The History of Its Interpretation III/2: The Twentieth Century. Edited by Magne, Sæbø. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015.Google Scholar
Otto, Eckart Theologische Ethik des Alten Testaments. Theologische Wissenschaft 3/2. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1994.Google Scholar
Otto, Eckart “Der Urmensch im Paradies: Vom Ursprung des Bösen und der Freiheit des Menschen.” Pages 679–89 in Die Tora: Studien zum Pentateuch. Gesammelte Schriften. BZABR 9. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2009.Google Scholar
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Schlimm, Matthew R. From Fratricide to Forgiveness: The Language and Ethics of Anger in Genesis. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2011.Google Scholar
Schmid, Konrad. Theologie des Alten Testaments. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019.Google Scholar
Steck, Odil Hannes. Die Paradieserzählung: Eine Auslegung von Genesis 2,4b–3,24. BibS(N) 60. Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener, 1970.Google Scholar
Steins, Georg. Die “Bindung Isaaks” im Kanon (Gen 22): Grundlagen und Programme einer kanonisch-intertextuellen Lektüre. HBS 20. Freiburg: Herder, 1999.Google Scholar

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Hasker, William. The Triumph of God Over Evil: Theodicy for a World of Suffering. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008.Google Scholar
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Hudson, Hud. The Fall and Hypertime. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Kane, Robert. A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will. Fundamentals of Philosophy Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.Google Scholar
Lewis, C. S. The Problem of Pain. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2001 [1940].Google Scholar
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Peckham, John. Theodicy of Love: Cosmic Conflict and the Problem of Evil. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2018.Google Scholar
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Stump, Eleonore. “The Problem of Evil.” Faith and Philosophy 2.4 (1985): 392–423.Google Scholar
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Swamidass, S. Joshua. “The Overlooked Science of Genealogical Ancestry.” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 70.1 (2018): 19–35.Google Scholar
Walls, Jerry L. “Why No Classical Theist, Let Alone Orthodox Christian, Should Ever Be a Compatibilist.” Philosophia Christi 13.1 (2011): 75–104.Google Scholar
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