By Matthew C. Genung

Genesis 37 is the exposition of the biblical Joseph tale and narrates the root of Israel's descent into Egypt. From the start of serious study into the Pentateuch, literary tensions and contradictions encountered during this bankruptcy, together with the query of who offered Joseph to whom, have given upward thrust to a number of incompatible factors. at the present no approach to its advanced difficulties enjoys contract. On best of a radical historical past of study, Matthew C. Genung offers a clean literary serious research of Genesis 37, taken care of passage by way of passage, guided via the literary tensions within the narrative in discussion with crucial answer types. this system has resulted in a brand new rationalization of the compositional heritage of Genesis 37 that contributes to an knowing of the that means of the particular textual content, solves its parts of hysteria and incoherence, and identifies their originating old milieu. the implications impression Joseph tale exegesis and basic questions present in Pentateuchal criticism.

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The Composition of Genesis 37: Incoherence and Meaning in the Exposition of the Joseph Story (Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe)

Genesis 37 is the exposition of the biblical Joseph tale and narrates the foundation of Israel's descent into Egypt. From the start of severe study into the Pentateuch, literary tensions and contradictions encountered during this bankruptcy, together with the query of who bought Joseph to whom, have given upward thrust to a number of incompatible factors.

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