How to read Genesis

Introduction

Part 1: Reading Genesis with a Strategy

Understanding the Book of "Beginnings"

Part 2: Reading Genesis as Literature

Who Wrote Genesis?

The Shape of the Book of Genesis

Part 3: Reading Genesis in Its Own World

Myth or History? Genesis and the Enuma Elish

Noah and Utnapishtim: Whose Flood Story Should We Trust?

Abraham and Nuzi: Patriarchal Customs in Their Cultural Context

Part 4: Reading Genesis as God's Story

The Primeval History: Genesis 1-11

The Patriarchal Narratives: Genesis 12-36

The Joseph Story: Genesis 37-50

Part 5: Reading Genesis as Christians

The Christological Difference

Appendix 1: Commentaries on Genesis

Appendix 2: The Compositional History of the Pentateuch.