Hendel, Ronald S.

The book of Genesis : a biography / Ronald Hendel. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2013. - xii, 287 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Lives of great religious books .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Life of Genesis -- Genesis of Genesis -- Rise of the figural sense -- Apocalyptic secrets -- Platonic worlds -- Between the figure and the real -- Genesis and science: from the beginning to fundamentalism -- Modern times -- Tories of our alley -- Timeline.

9780691140124 (alk. paper)

2012015634


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

BS1235.52 / .H46 2013

222/.1106