Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.
FREE delivery on orders over £10
Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK
with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies
Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used
by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools
Excellent 4.8 out of 5

Trustpilot

You now have 0 of this item in your basket

Misunderstood Stories: Theological Commentary on Genesis 1-11

[Paperback]

by Robert Gnuse

Author
Robert Gnuse
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Cascade Books
Published
March 2014

Read full description

Click to expand

Today's Price

£24.24

Save 13%

Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Enter the product quantity

Misunderstood Stories: Theological Commentary on Genesis 1-11

Today's Price £24.24

Frequently Bought Together

Misunderstood Stories: Theological Commentary on Genesis 1-11

by Robert Gnuse

Paperback

Misunderstood Stories

by Robert Gnuse

Hardback

Add both to basket for £64.46 and save £13.54

Product Description

Description: Narratives in Genesis 1-11 have been misunderstood in many ways, but they especially have been used to oppress women and African Americans and to present a God of wrath and judgment. This commentary seeks to explain the real message behind those narratives, which is one that speaks of human dignity and equality, that affirms monotheism, that criticizes kings and tyrants, that declares our oneness with the animal realm and nature, and that proclaims a powerful message of divine grace with a deity personally involved in the human world. Humor may also be found in some of these stories. These biblical passages can be best explicated by close reading as well as by knowledge of comparable stories from the ancient Near East and from the classical world, and finally by knowledge of the concomitant social and political values connected with those other myths and narratives.