Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the contest of methods -- 1. Genesis 1-11: creation and dominance -- 2. Genesis 12-25: the making of nations -- 3. Genesis 26-36: on tricksters -- 4. Genesis 37-50: reasons of state -- 5. Whose Genesis? Which orthodoxy?
Summary
Mark Brett places the first book of the Bible firmly within its sociopolitical context. He argues that it can be read as resistance literature and that the editors of Genesis Ì‚were directly engaged with contemporary issues
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and indexes
