Overview
This third volume of Westermann’s masterful commentary on Genesis offers a stimulating treatment of one of the most poignant and unified of the narratives in Genesis—the Joseph story. English-speaking readers now have access to Westermann’s thorough introduction to Genesis 37–50 as a whole, as well as treatments of the individual passages familiar from the first two volumes.
Praise for the Print Edition
This work opens up dimensions of meaning which are not only relevant for theology but for human existence in the modern world.
—Bernhard Anderson, Old Testament Scholar
Product Details
- Title: Continental Commentary Series: Genesis 37-50
- Author: Claus Westermann
- Translator: John J. Scullion S. J.
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Publication Date: 1986
- Pages: 272
About Claus Westermann
Claus Westermann was emeritus professor at the University of Heidelberg. Besides his three-volume commentary on Genesis, he is renowned for his many exegetical and theological treatments of the Old Testament, including Basic Forms of Prophetic Speech, Praise and Lament in the Psalms, Elements of Old Testament Theology, and The Promises to the Fathers. He was also co-editor of Theological Lexicon of the Old Testament.