English

Genesis - A New Translation with Commentary

This translation of the book of Genesis builds on my approach taken in my translation of Samuel published in 2018. The translation is unique in jettisoning the traditional chapter divisions and instead organizing the material according to the Masoretic parashot. Organizing the text in this way gets us closer to the ancient writers, and yields numerous insights into their composition approach. Two other characteristics that set this translation apart are my (fairly aggressive) adoption of functional (or dynamic) equivalence as a translation style, and my selection of Phoenician and Syrian ivories and Mesopotamian cylinder seals to illustrate the text. The commentary includes an essay on the composition history of Genesis that views the entire book as the product of the Jerusalem priesthood, which I believe worked on the book nearly continuously from the mid- to late sixth century BCE down to early or mid-fourth century BCE. Finally, I also offer up a number of novel readings of historically prominent passages, including Gen 3.16, 4.7, and 15.6. For those who do not wish to download the large PDF file, a compressed PDF version of this book (2.7MB file size) can be found at: https://w

Accedi al tuo account gratuito per leggere, scaricare EPUB o ascoltare.