TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brett,Mark G.
TI  - Genesis: procreation and the politics of identity 
T2  - Old Testament readings
SN  - 0203992024
AV  - BS1235.2 .B72 2000eb
U1  - 222/.11067 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Bible
KW  - Genesis
KW  - Socio-rhetorical criticism
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and indexes; Machine generated contents note; Introduction: the contest of methods --; 1; Genesis 1-11: creation and dominance --; 2; Genesis 12-25: the making of nations --; 3; Genesis 26-36: on tricksters --; 4; Genesis 37-50: reasons of state --; 5; Whose Genesis? Which orthodoxy?
N2  - Mark Brett places the first book of the Bible firmly within its sociopolitical context. He argues that it can be read as resistance literature and that the editors of Genesis ̂were directly engaged with contemporary issues
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