Another one that George missed (I hope it doesn't mean he doesn't like
it!) is Walter Brueggemann's GENESIS in the Interpretation Series.
Brueggemann understands Genesis as a theological affirmation, not a
scientific description.
Kind regards...
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, George Murphy wrote:
> Inge Frette wrote:
> >
> > Hello folks,
> > I am thinking of getting a good commentary on Genesis.
> > Anyone that can recommend one for me ?
> >
> > If possible the commentary
> > - should have been written by a christian scholar,
> > - should be highly regarded among biblical scholars
> > - should include discussion about natural science
> > when dealing with the first chapters of Genesis
> >
> > Does a book like this exist ? If I recall scholars like
> > Wenham and Conzelmann has written books on
> > Genesis. Are these books recommended ?
>
> Inge - A very thorough commentary is that of Claus Westermann, an English translation
> of which was published in three volumes by Augsburg in 1984 (or at least that's the date
> for the first volume, _Genesis 1:1-11: A Commentary_. I don't have the data for the
> German original at hand. A somewhat older and less detailed one is Gerhard von Rad,
> _Genesis: A Commentary_ (Westminster, Philadelphia, 1972), a translation of the 9th
> German edition.
> These don't deal with issues of natural science, such as physical cosmology or
> biological evolution in any detail. There may be commentaries which deal with those
> matters in an adequate way, but I suspect that most which attempt to do so will be in
> pursuit of some sort of concordist interpretation which is ultimately unhelpful.
> Shalom,
> George
>
>
> >
> > Regards from Inge
> >
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