Reading Genesis / Marilynne Robinson.
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TextPublisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Edition: First editionDescription: 344 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374299408
- 0374299404
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Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | New | 222.1106 R663 | Available | 33111011118953 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
One of our greatest novelists and thinkers presents a radiant, thrilling interpretation of the book of Genesis.
For generations, the book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands, expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on the question of its basic coherency, just as fundamentalist interpretation has centered on the question of the appropriateness of reading it as literally true.
Both of these approaches preclude an appreciation of its greatness as literature, its rich articulation and exploration of themes that resonate through the whole of Scripture. Marilynne Robinson's Reading Genesis , which includes the full text of the King James Version of the book, is a powerful consideration of the profound meanings and promise of God's enduring covenant with humanity. This magisterial book radiates gratitude for the constancy and benevolence of God's abiding faith in Creation.
"Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Humanities Medal, presents a thrilling, radiant interpretation of the first book of the Bible"-- Provided by publisher.