Grace in the Midst of Judgment: Grappling with Genesis 1-11 (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Book 314)

This book presents the development of a theological reading strategy in conversation with contemporary hermeneutical theories. Using that as a model, Gen 1-11 is read as a unified text refracted through the prism of textuality from a canonical approach. Chapter 1 Situating the Thesis 13 Chapter 2 Contemporary Hermeneutics 35 Chapter 3 The Hermeneutics of Reading 53 Chapter 4 Towards a Theological Reading 77 Chapter 5 Narrativity and Historiography 99 Chapter 6 The Creation 111 Chapter 7 Adam and Eve 149 Chapter 8 Cain and Abel 165 Chapter 9 Noah and the Flood 177 Chapter 10 The Tower of Babel 193 Chapter 11 Genesis 1-11 and the Old Testament 201 Chapter 12 A Theology of Genesis 1-11 211 Chapter 13 Contemporary Significance of the Text 225 Chapter 14 Conclusion 235 Chapter 15 Postscript 237 Abbreviations 239 Bibliography 243 Author Index 261 Scripture Index 267 The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. BZAW welcomes submissions that make an original and significant contribution to the field; demonstrate sophisticated engagement with the relevant secondary literature; and are written in readable, logical, and engaging prose.