How to Read Genesis

""In this accessible introduction to Genesis, Longman provides a workshop in hermeneutics, helping Christian readers hone their historical, literary, and theological skills in order to appropriate the message of this ancient book for contemporary contexts. This work emerges from a distinguished career of honestly grappling with biblical texts and provides a starting point for those seeking guidance in how to read Scripture.""--Mark J. Boda, professor of Old Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Ontario ""Tremper Longman knows what the questions are that people ask and what the questions are they need to ask about Genesis. He is skilled at providing answers that make sense and that take people forward in their understanding of this vital but argued about and often misunderstood part of the Scriptures. He is good at making complicated questions as intelligible as they can be, and he takes scholarly questions seriously without losing track of the reason why people are reading the Scriptures. Further, he is good at providing answers to questions in a way that encourages readers to do their own reading and thinking. It's therefore excellent that he has brought out this new edition of his valuable introduction, which takes into account key scholarly works of the last twenty years. A whole new generation of readers can profit from it!""--John Goldingay, senior professor of Old Testament and David Allan Hubbard Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Fuller Seminary and author of Biblical Theology and the First Testament