Creation and the Patriarchal Histories: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis

by Patrick Henry Reardon

Overview

Subtitle: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Genesis The Book of Genesis is foundational reading for the Christian, concerned as it is with the origins of our race and the beginnings of salvation history. Its opening pages provide the theological suppositions of the entire biblical story: Creation, especially that of man in God's image, the structure of time, man's relationship to God, the entrance of sin into the world, and God's selection of a specific line of revelation that will give structure to history. Early Christian writers such as St. Paul saw no dichotomy between the writings of the Law, of which Genesis is the beginning, and the Gospel. Rather, the Gospel is the key to understanding the Law. In "Creation and the Patriarchal Histories," Fr. Reardon shows clearly how the proper understanding of Creation and the Fall informs all of Christian doctrine, and how the narratives of the patriarchs from Noah to Joseph pave the way for the salvation history that continues in Exodus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781888212969
Publisher:	Conciliar Press
Publication date:	06/01/2008
Series:	Biblical Commentary Series
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	5.54(w) x 8.49(h) x 0.38(d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Patrick Henry Reardon is the pastor of All Saints Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, and a senior editor at Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity. He was educated at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (KY), St. Anselm's College (Rome), The Pontifical Biblical Institute (Rome), the University of Liverpool (England), and St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary (PA).

Table of Contents

Introduction     9
Genesis in the Gospel Proclamation     13
Creation & Literature     15
The Heavens Declare     19
Creation & the Torah     21
The Metaphysics of Moses     23
From Salvation to Creation     26
Creation and Christology     28
Creation and Primeval History     31
Genesis 1     31
Excursus: Creation Ex Nihilo     33
Genesis 2     36
Excursus: Faith and Natural Revelation     38
Genesis 3     41
Excursus: Lost and Cursed     43
Excursus: First & Second Birth     46
Genesis 4     49
Excursus: The Price of Faith     51
Genesis 5     54
The Noah Cycle     57
Genesis 6     57
Excursus: Noah & Moses     58
Genesis 7     60
Genesis 8     61
Genesis 9     62
Genesis 10     65
Genesis 11     65
The Abraham Cycle     67
Genesis 12     67
Excursus: Exodus in Genesis     68
Genesis 13     70
Genesis 14     71
Genesis 15     73
Genesis 16     74
Genesis 17     75
Genesis 18     77
Genesis 19     78
Excursus: Lot's Lot     79
Excursus: Sodom & Egypt     82
Genesis 20     85
Genesis 21     85
Genesis 22     87
Excursus: Isaac, the Paschal Lamb, and Jesus     88
Genesis 23     90
The Isaac Cycle     93
Genesis 24     93
Genesis 25     95
Excursus: Jacob & Esau     96
Genesis 26     102
Excursus: Abimelech in Love     103
Genesis 27     106
Excursus: Esau, the Modern Man     108
The Jacob Cycle     111
Genesis 28     111
Genesis 29     112
Genesis 30     114
Genesis 31     115
Excursus: Jacob & Odysseus     116
Genesis 32     119
Genesis 33     120
Genesis 34     121
Genesis 35     123
Genesis 36     125
The Joseph Cycle     129
Genesis 37     129
Excursus: Potiphar's Wife      131
Genesis 38     134
Genesis 39     135
Genesis 40     136
Genesis 41     137
Genesis 42     139
Genesis 43     141
Genesis 44     142
Genesis 45     144
Genesis 46     145
Genesis 47     146
Genesis 48     147
Genesis 49     148
Genesis 50     149
Excursus: Providence, Christology, and the Resurrection     150
About the Author     157