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The beginning of wisdom : reading Genesis / Leon R. Kass.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Free Press, c2003.Description: xv, 700 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 0743242998
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1235.53 .K37 2003
Contents:
Part One: Dangerous beginnings: the uninstructed ways Genesis 1-11 -- Awesome beginnings: man, heaven, and the created order -- The follies of freedom and reason: the story of the Garden of Eden (I) -- The vexed question of man and woman: the story of the Garden of Eden (II) -- Fratricide and founding: the twisted roots of civilization -- Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation: the return of chaos and the flood -- Elementary justice: man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant -- Paternity and piety: Noah and his sons -- Babel: the failures of civilization. -- Part Two: Educating the fathers Genesis 12-50 -- Abraham (Genesis 12-25) -- Educating the fathers: Father Abraham -- Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of marriage -- Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of patriarchy -- Isaac (Genesis 25-28) -- Inheriting the way: from father to son -- The education of Isaac: from son to patriarch -- Jacob (Genesis 28-35) The adventures of Jacob: the taming of the shrewd -- Brotherhood and piety: facing Esau, seeing God -- Politics and piety: Jacob becomes Israel -- The generations of Jacob: Joseph, Judah, and their brothers (Genesis 36-50) -- The generations of Jacob: the question of leadership -- Joseph the Egyptian -- Joseph and his brothers: estrangement and recognition -- Israel in Egypt: the way not taken -- Losing Joseph, saving Israel: Jacob preserves the way.
Item type: Books
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One: Dangerous beginnings: the uninstructed ways Genesis 1-11 --
Awesome beginnings: man, heaven, and the created order --
The follies of freedom and reason: the story of the Garden of Eden (I) --
The vexed question of man and woman: the story of the Garden of Eden (II) --
Fratricide and founding: the twisted roots of civilization --
Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation: the return of chaos and the flood --
Elementary justice: man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant --
Paternity and piety: Noah and his sons --
Babel: the failures of civilization. --
Part Two: Educating the fathers Genesis 12-50 --
Abraham (Genesis 12-25) --
Educating the fathers: Father Abraham --
Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of marriage --
Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of patriarchy --
Isaac (Genesis 25-28) --
Inheriting the way: from father to son --
The education of Isaac: from son to patriarch --
Jacob (Genesis 28-35) The adventures of Jacob: the taming of the shrewd --
Brotherhood and piety: facing Esau, seeing God --
Politics and piety: Jacob becomes Israel --
The generations of Jacob: Joseph, Judah, and their brothers (Genesis 36-50) --
The generations of Jacob: the question of leadership --
Joseph the Egyptian --
Joseph and his brothers: estrangement and recognition --
Israel in Egypt: the way not taken --
Losing Joseph, saving Israel: Jacob preserves the way.