02273nam a22002297a 4500 AUA.1 20160418165730.0 150908t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2002045593 0743242998 JTL BS1235.53 .K37 2003 Kass, Leon R. 50743 The beginning of wisdom : reading Genesis / Leon R. Kass. New York : Free Press, c2003. xv, 700 p. : 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Part One: Dangerous beginnings: the uninstructed ways Genesis 1-11 -- Awesome beginnings: man, heaven, and the created order -- The follies of freedom and reason: the story of the Garden of Eden (I) -- The vexed question of man and woman: the story of the Garden of Eden (II) -- Fratricide and founding: the twisted roots of civilization -- Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation: the return of chaos and the flood -- Elementary justice: man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant -- Paternity and piety: Noah and his sons -- Babel: the failures of civilization. -- Part Two: Educating the fathers Genesis 12-50 -- Abraham (Genesis 12-25) -- Educating the fathers: Father Abraham -- Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of marriage -- Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of patriarchy -- Isaac (Genesis 25-28) -- Inheriting the way: from father to son -- The education of Isaac: from son to patriarch -- Jacob (Genesis 28-35) The adventures of Jacob: the taming of the shrewd -- Brotherhood and piety: facing Esau, seeing God -- Politics and piety: Jacob becomes Israel -- The generations of Jacob: Joseph, Judah, and their brothers (Genesis 36-50) -- The generations of Jacob: the question of leadership -- Joseph the Egyptian -- Joseph and his brothers: estrangement and recognition -- Israel in Egypt: the way not taken -- Losing Joseph, saving Israel: Jacob preserves the way. Bible O.T. Genesis Commentaries 50744 lcc BOOK BS 1235.53 .K37 2003 14282 14282 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2015-09-08 Bought by JTL 40.00 AUA017349 2 BS 1235.53 .K37 2003 AUA017349 2018-06-04 00:00:00 2017-08-06 40.00 2015-09-08 BOOK