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Home > Resources > Genesis

Genesis

Articles and readings on the book of Genesis.
Studying Old Testament

Introductory Articles: (click to view)

  • “Genesis | Old Testament” by Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • “Genesis 1-11” by The Bible Project
  • “Genesis 12-50” by The Bible Project

Creation: (click to view)

  • “The First Creation (Gen 1:1-2:3)” by David Carr
  • “Genesis 1: Genesis & Ancient Cosmic Geography” by Tim Mackie and Aeron Sullivan
  • “Commentary on Genesis 1:1-2:4a” by Walter C. Bouzard
  • “Can You Believe It? Genesis 1” by The Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
  • “Searching for Sunday Excerpt: ‘Breath’” by Rachel Held Evans

The Garden of Eden: (click to view)

  • “Uproar over artist’s painting of God as a black woman” by Raquel Laneri
  • “Eden” by Dexter Callender
  • “Eden, Garden of” by Emil G. Hirsch, Mary W. Montgomery, Solomon Schechter, Judah David Eisenstein, M. Seligsohn

The Flood: (click to view)

  • “Flood, The” by Emil G. Hirsch, W. Muss-Arnolt, Hartwig Hirschfeld
  • “Commentary on Genesis 9:8-17” by The Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney

The Call of Abraham: (click to view)

  • “Abraham” by Ronald Hendel
  • “And You Shall Be a Blessing” by Sharon G. Forman

Abraham and Isaac: (click to view)

  • The Binding of Isaac (Gen 22:1-19)” by Ellen F. Davis
  • “I would fail Abraham’s test (and I bet you would too)” by Rachel Held Evans
  • “Isaac” by Isidore Singer and Isaac Broydé

Jacob: (click to view)

  • “Rebecca (Rivkah)” by David Mandel
  • “Understanding Jacob’s Ladder” by Pinchas Leiser
  • “Genealogy from Terah” at BibleChronology.org

Joseph: (click to view)

  • “Joseph” by Bernhard Lang
  • “Joseph and His Clothing” by Victor H. Matthews

 

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