What is a theology of Genesis?
Towards a theology of Genesis
The contested nature of theology
Historical criticism and socially-valued knowledge
Ideological criticism of the biblical text
A proposal for a theology of Genesis
Biblical text and canonical contexts
Text and contexts: an example
On reading Genesis 1-11
Building on the history of interpretation
Noah and the flood
The perspective and convention embodied in the use of Hebrew language
Literary conventions and theological interpretation
Genesis 1: picturing the world
A first reading of Genesis 1
Genesis 1 in relation to its possible compositional context
Genesis 1 in relation to alternative ancient pictures
Jon D. Levenson's reading of Genesis 1
Genesis 1 and evolutionary biology
Genesis 1 and alternative pictures of the world: a proposal
Genesis 2-3: Adam and Eve and the fall
James Barr on Genesis 2-3
A reformulated version of the traditional interpretation
Is a gnostic precedent a good precedent?
Identifying the key issue
Rereading the narrative
Genesis 4: Cain and Abel
Exposition of Regina M. Schwartz's interpretation
A theological reading of Cain and Abel
Conclusion: Doing well in demanding circumstances
Genesis 6-9: cataclysm and grace
Reflections on some characteristic modern approaches
Pentateuchal criticism and reading strategy
The flood in Genesis and the epic of Gilgamesh
A characteristic postmodern anxiety
Towards a theological interpretation of the flood narrative
The collocation of Genesis 6:5 with 8:21
The evil-thought clause in Genesis 8:21
Reading the story without the evil-thought clause
Israel and the world, Sinai and the flood
On reading Genesis 12-50
The patriarchs as a problem for Jewish observance of Torah
Genesis as a compositional and religio-historical problem
A third way : a canonical approach
Genesis as the Old Testament of the Old Testament
On interpreting the revelation of the divine name
The distinctive patterns of patriarchal religion
Theological issues in a canonical approach to the patriarchal narratives
Genesis 12:1-3: a key to interpreting the Old Testament?
A contemporary Christian approach to Genesis 12:1-3
An alternative reading of Genesis 12:1-3
The idiomatic meaning of blessing
The significance of the proposed reading
Theological interpretation as a continuing task
Exegesis and theology
On evaluating Gerhard von Rad's interpretation
A Jewish-Christian dimension
Genesis 12:3a: a biblical basis for Christian zionism?
Why Christians should support Israel
Some factors in the use of scripture
An appeal to the plain sense of the text
Merely human words?
Possible significance of the patriarchal and non-settled context
Some observations on unconditional divine promises
The bearing of the New Testament upon Christian appropriation of the Old Testament
Conditionality and Christian attitudes towards Jews
Who are the children of Abraham?
Politics and self-interest
Genesis 22: Abraham, model or monster?
Interpretive clues within the biblical text
Model or monster? some factors for making progress
De-instrumentalizing Isaac
The nightmare scenario
A Christian epilogue
Abraham and the Abrahamic faiths
Exposition of Karl-Josef Kuschel's account of Abraham
Preliminary critique of Kuschel
Jon D. Levenson's critique of Kuschel
Should we continue to speak of Abrahamic faiths/religions?
Genesis 37-50: Joseph
The Joseph narrative in Gerhard von Rad's analysis
Analysis of Von Rad's account
Re-envisioning key elements in the Solomonic enlightenment hypothesis
Re-envisioning the Joseph narrative in relation to Proverbs
Joseph's treatment of his brothers
Divine sovereignty and human activity.
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The theology of the book of Genesis by R. W. L. Moberly. ISBN 9780521685382. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
