In the beginning :

Armstrong, Karen.

In the beginning : a new interpretation of Genesis / Karen Armstrong. - 1st ed. - New York : Ballantine Books, 1996. - viii, 195 p. ; 20 cm.

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.

0679450890 (alk. paper)

96026170


Bible.--O.T.--Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS1235.2 / .A76 1996

222/.1106