Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11

C. John Collins

Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Zondervan
Country
United States
Published
22 February 2019
Pages
336
ISBN
9780310598572

Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11

C. John Collins

What does it mean to be a good reader of Genesis 1-11 What does it mean to take these ancient stories seriously and how does that relate to taking them literally Can we even take any of this material seriously

Reading Genesis Well answers these questions and more, promoting a responsible conversation about how science and biblical faith relate by developing a rigorous approach to interpreting the Bible, especially those texts that come into play in science and faith discussions. This unique approach connects the ancient writings of Genesis 1-11 with modern science in an honest and informed way.

Old Testament scholar C. John Collins appropriates literary and linguistic insights from C. S. Lewis and builds on them using ideas from modern linguistics, such as lexical semantics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics. This study helps readers to evaluate to what extent it is proper to say that the Bible writers held a primitive picture of the world, and what function their portrayal of the world and its contents had in shaping the community.

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