TY - BOOK AU - Charles,J.Daryl TI - Reading Genesis 1-2: an evangelical conversation SN - 9781619701670 AV - BS651 .R385 2013eb U1 - 222/.1106 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Peabody, Massachusetts PB - Hendrickson Publishers KW - Bible KW - Genesis, I-II KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Congresses KW - Creation KW - Biblical teaching KW - Old Testament KW - bisacsh KW - Biblical Criticism & Interpretation KW - RELIGION KW - Biblical Studies KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Conference papers and proceedings N1 - "The essays gathered in this volume are the fruit of the fall 2011 symposium of the same name that was convened in Chattanooga, Tennessee, an event organized and hosted by the Bryan Institute for Critical Thought & Practice and made possible by the generous funding of the Maclellan Foundation" (foreword); Includes bibliographical references; Foreword / J. Daryl Charles -- Introduction / Victor P. Hamilton -- Part one : Five views on interpreting Genesis 1-2. A literary day, inter-textual, and contextual reading of Genesis 1-2 / Richard E. Averbeck -- Four responses to chapter one -- Reading Genesis 1-2 : a literal approach / Todd S. Beall -- Four responses to chapter two -- Reading Genesis 1-2 with the grain : analogical days / C. John Collins -- Four responses to chapter three -- What Genesis 1-2 teaches (and what it doesn't) / Tremper Longman III -- Four responses to chapter four -- Reading Genesis 1 as ancient cosmology / John H. Walton -- Four responses to chapter five -- Part two : Reading Genesis now. Teaching Genesis 1 at a Christian college / Kenneth J. Turner -- Unresolved major questions : evangelicals and Genesis 1-2 / Jud Davis N2 - Old Testament scholars come together in this one-of-a-kind book to share diverse views on Genesis. Seven specialists in Old Testament theology and interpretation come together to offer a variety of needed biblical perspectives and insights on how to interpret the first two chapters of Genesis correctly. Evangelical scholars, college and seminary professors (and their students), and pastors will benefit from this title. This is the only book of its kind that involves a critical and comparative assessment of the early Genesis narratives by Old Testament scholars actually working in the field UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1077110 ER -