Genesis 1-11: A Continental Commentary: Claus Westermann.
GENESIS: AN INTRODUCTION is actually an introduction for a three volume work in the Continental Commentary Series: GENESIS 1-11, GENESIS 12-36, and GENESIS 37-50. Claus Westermann spent 25 yrs. writing the commentary. CONTENTS: Part 1: Introduction to the Story of the Primeval Events: Genesis 1-11 1. The Story of Primeval Events in the Pentateuch and Its Prehistory.
Claus Westermann’s 3-volume commentary on Genesis stands as one of the most exhaustive treatments of the first book of the Bible available today. The first volume of Westermann’s commentary introduces readers to the first eleven chapters of Genesis. For each section of Scripture, Westermann translates the text, introduces the literary form and the setting in life, offers a detailed.
This volume, covering Genesis 1-11, is concerned with what the author calls the story of primeval events. He looks at each part of the text from different angles, examining the literary form, the historical setting, the thrust of the narrative, as well as a commentary on the text itself.
Included are a fresh translation of Genesis, the philological reasoning behind the translation, an examination of the historical background of the original text, a survey of all that has been written about Genesis (together with full references) and a consideration of the problems and questions the text of Genesis raises for today. Claus Westermann is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at the.
Genesis Claus Westermann. The abridged version of Westermann's classic three-volume work on Genesis. This work presents a magisterial commentary in a condensed and more poluar form. Included are a fresh translation of Genesis, the philological reasoning behind the translation, an examination of the historical background of the original text, a survey of all that has been written about Genesis.
A Critique: Genesis 1-11 Essay Sample. The article I have chosen for this critique assignment is “Genesis 1-11” written by J. Rogerson. He made it known clearly to his readers at the beginning of his article that the article aims to deal with separate questions: (a) How did the presumed Israelite readers of Genesis chapters 1-11 understand these passages?
Westermann presents exhaustive bibliographies and wide-ranging summaries of various interpretations. As such, it is an invaluable reference for work on Genesis 1-11, especially German scholarship, until the early 1970s. Unfortunately, the discussions often jump around from topic to topic and back again, and the author seems to contradict.