Genesis: An Introduction and Study Guide; A Past for a People in Need of a Future (T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the Old Testament)

by Meg Warner

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2023

Overview

This study guide introduces students to the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament. Megan Warner examines the book’s structure and characteristics and covers the latest Biblical scholarship, including historical and interpretive issues.

Discussing the nature of Genesis, its creation and purpose and its position within the Hebrew Bible, the themes and theology of creation/uncreation and promise/impossibility, Warner culminates with a number of approaches in which Genesis can be read in the postmodern world, from intersectional and intertextual to political and ecological.

With suggestions of further reading at the end of each chapter, this guide is an essential accompaniment to study of the Book of Genesis.

Key Features

• Examines the book’s structure and characteristics
• Covers the latest Biblical scholarship, including historical and interpretive issues
• Discusses its position within the Hebrew Bible

Contents

• Series Preface
• Author’s Preface
• Abbreviations
• Chapter One: What Is Genesis, Where Did It Come from, and Why?
• Chapter Two: Where Does Genesis Fit?
• Chapter Three: Themes and Theology
• Chapter Four: Reading Genesis in a Postmodern World
• Index

Praise for Genesis

In this brilliant guide to Genesis, Meg Warner carefully picks her way through intricate debates to shows how contemporary scholarship has brought new insights to this ancient text. She traces not only recent developments in historical-critical approaches, but also introduces perspectives from post-modern approaches including trauma studies, intersectionality, and ecological readings. Warner shows how these different approaches to Genesis can bring out the various dimensions of meaning in this rich and fascinating biblical text. A wonderful resource for students at all levels

—Dr Nathan MacDonald, Nathan MacDonald, Professor of the Interpretation of the Old Testament, University of Cambridge, UK

Product Details

• Title: Genesis: An Introduction and Study Guide; A Past for a People in Need of a Future
• Author: Meg Warner
• Series: T&T Clark’s Study Guides to the Old Testament
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:GNSSPPLNDFTR
• Resource Type: text.monograph.study-guide
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-06-11T19:44:58Z

About Meg Warner

Megan Warner is Tutor in Old Testament Studies at Northern College, Manchester, UK and an Associate of the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of Re-Imagining Abraham: A Re-Assessment of the Influence of Deuteronomism in Genesis (2020), Joseph: A story of resilience (2020), Burridge, Sacks and Warner, Confronting Religious Violence: A Counternarrative (2018), and Abraham: A journey through Lent (2015). She is also co-editor of Tragedies and Christian Congregations: The Practical Theology of Trauma (2020). She is a Licensed Lay Minister in the Church of England and a member of its General Synod.