The Cambridge Companion To Genesis

Essays explaining diverse methods and reading strategies, providing a dependable guide to understanding the Book of Genesis.

Examines the varied, enormously sophisticated contents of the Bible and sees how certain Western authors were inspired by them.

This volume features an impressive array of leading biblical scholars and presents an illuminating and lively cross-section of this traditional field of study. Treating core topics and changing methodologies within twenty-three comprehensive chapters, this Companion provides an outstanding introduction to the historical origins and literary character of the canonical literature.

This Companion introduces the New Testament in its historical context, as well as critical approaches, for a non-specialist audience. It provides an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, with essays by leading scholars who presume no prior knowledge on the reader's part yet go into greater detail than a typical introductory textbook.

These fourteen specially commissioned essays provide an exciting new introduction to the content of Christian theology.

Balances historical and contemporary concerns in an engaging and informative way, drawing connections between ancient and contemporary ethical problems.

This guide to the state of biblical studies features 20 chapters written by scholars from North America and Britain, and represents both traditional and contemporary points of view.

This second edition of the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated with eleven new chapters and a new bibliography.