TY - BOOK AU - Armstrong,Karen TI - In the beginning: a new interpretation of Genesis SN - 0679450890 (alk. paper) AV - BS1235.2 .A76 1996 U1 - 222/.1106 20 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - Ballantine Books KW - Bible KW - O.T KW - Genesis KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 ER -