Genesis

by Brian Peterson

Overview

This commentary, written from a distinctively Pentecostal perspective, is primarily for pastors, lay persons and Bible students. It is based upon the best scholarship, written in popular language, and communicates the meaning of the text with minimal technical distractions. The authors offer a running exposition on the text and extended comments on matters of special signicance for Pentecostals. They acknowledge and interact with alternative interpretations of individual passages. This commentary also provides periodic opportunities for reflection upon and personal response to the biblical text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004511064
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/20/2022
Series:	Pentecostal Commentary
Pages:	520
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.13(h) x 1.18(d)

About the Author

Brian Neil Peterson, PhD University of Toronto, is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Lee University in Cleveland, TN, where he teaches a variety of classes in Old Testament studies and biblical Hebrew. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles as well as nine other books. His most recent book on Ecclesiastes is titled Qoheleth’s Hope (Fortress, 2019). Along with an active research schedule, Peterson also spends portions of his summers doing archaeological work in Israel. He has excavated at Khirbet el-Maqatir (2010–2016) – the proposed site of Joshua’s Ai – and Shiloh (2017–current).

Table of Contents

Series Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

Introduction

1 The Creation of All Things

2 The ‘Second’ Creation Account

3 The Fall of Humanity

4 The Second Fall: The Account of Cain and Abel

5 The Lineage of Seth

6 The Lead up to the Flood

7 The Flood Begins

8 The Rains of the Flood Cease

9 God Establishes His Covenant with Humanity

10 The Table of Nations

11 The Tower of Babel and the Line of Shem

12 Abram Leaves Haran for Canaan

13 Abram and Lot Part Ways

14 The War with the Kings of the East

15 God’s Unilateral Covenant with Abram

16 Abram Marries Hagar

17 Circumcision as the Sign of the Covenant

18 God Visits Abraham

19 God’s Judgment on the Cities of the Plain

20 Abraham’s Encounter with Abimelech

21 The Birth of Isaac

22 The Near Sacrifice of Isaac

23 The Death and Burial of Sarah at Machpelah

24 A Wife for Isaac

25 The Death of Abraham and the Ascendancy of Isaac

26 Isaac and Abimelech

27 Jacob Deceives Isaac for the Blessing

28 Jacob Leaves Home and Encounters God at Bethel

29 Jacob Arrives in Haran

30 Jacob Flourishes in Haran with Children and Flocks

31 Jacob Leaves Haran

32 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau

33 Jacob and Esau Meet

34 The Rape of Dinah and Massacre of the Shechemites

35 Jacob, Bethel, and the Beginning of Jacob’s Heartaches and Losses

36 The Genealogies of Esau

37 Joseph Is Sold into Egypt

38 Judah and Tamar and Levirate Marriage

39 Joseph in Potiphar’s House

40 Joseph as Dream Interpreter

41 Joseph Interprets Pharaoh’s Dreams

42 Joseph Meets His Brothers after 22 Years

43 Joseph’s Brothers Return to Egypt

44 Joseph Confronts His Brothers’ ‘Theft’

45 Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers

46 Jacob Moves to Egypt

47 Jacob Settles in Egypt

48 Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons

49 Jacob’s Final Words to His Sons

50 The Burial of Jacob and the Death of Joseph

Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Biblical (and Other Ancient) References