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In the beginning : a new interpretation of Genesis / Karen Armstrong.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 195 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0679450890 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 222/.1106 20
LOC classification:
  • BS1235.2 .A76 1996
Contents:
A new interpretation of Genesis : Wrestling with God and scripture -- Beginnings -- Creation -- An initial complexity -- Blessing -- Fact or fiction? -- Separation -- Knowledge -- The possibility of evil -- Sin and curse -- Cain and Abel -- The "evil inclination" -- The flood -- Noah -- The ark -- The new Adam -- The Tower of Babel -- Abraham -- Lot -- Abraham and pharaoh -- The friend of God -- Family values -- Isaac -- Rebekah -- Jacob and Esau -- The blessing of Jacob -- Jacob's ladder -- A blessing or a curse? -- Jacob agonistes -- The rape of Dinah -- The fall of Jacob -- Joseph -- Judah and Tamar -- Joseph in Egypt -- Recognition -- Judah's intervention -- A happy ending? -- Jacob's blessing -- No last word -- The Book of Genesis.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 1235.2 .A76 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA001967 Available AUA001967

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187) and index.

A new interpretation of Genesis : Wrestling with God and scripture --
Beginnings --
Creation --
An initial complexity --
Blessing --
Fact or fiction? --
Separation --
Knowledge --
The possibility of evil --
Sin and curse --
Cain and Abel --
The "evil inclination" --
The flood --
Noah --
The ark --
The new Adam --
The Tower of Babel --
Abraham --
Lot --
Abraham and pharaoh --
The friend of God --
Family values --
Isaac --
Rebekah --
Jacob and Esau --
The blessing of Jacob --
Jacob's ladder --
A blessing or a curse? --
Jacob agonistes --
The rape of Dinah --
The fall of Jacob --
Joseph --
Judah and Tamar --
Joseph in Egypt --
Recognition --
Judah's intervention --
A happy ending? --
Jacob's blessing --
No last word --
The Book of Genesis.