Genesis 1-11 [Paperback]

Text and commentary alternate with each other in the style of the series.Takes these chapters as a separate unity, a poetic prologue to the early history of the Jewish and Christian religions, and explains their religious significance and place in the Bible as a whole.Takes these chapters as a separate unity, a poetic prologue to the early history of the Jewish and Christian religions, and explains their religious significance and place in the Bible as a whole.Chapters 111 of Genesis are like a poetic prologue to the early history of the Jewish people and to their religion. For Christianity also they later fulfil a similar purpose. Professor Davidson takes these chapters as a separate unity, comments on them, and explains their religious significance and their place in the Bible as a whole. Introductory sections on the sources and purpose of the book, and the meaning of myth, lead straight into the text and commentary which alternate with each other in the style of the series.The footnotes to the New English Bible text; Behind the book; The sources of the book; The purpose of Genesis 111; The meaning of myth; A note on further reading; Index.