NBBC, Genesis 1-11

by Joseph Coleson

Overview

Engaging, perceptive, and academically thorough, the New Beacon Bible Commentary will expand your understanding and deepen your appreciation for the meaning and message of each book of the Bible. Written from the Wesleyan theological perspective, this indispensable commentary provides pastors, professional scholars, teachers, and Bible students with a critical, relevant, and inspiring interpretation of the Word of God in the 21st century. Each volume Features: • contemporary scholarship from notable experts in the Wesleyan theological tradition • Convenient Introductory material, including information on authorship, date, history, audience, sociological/cultural issues, purpose, literary features, theological themes, and hermeneutical issues • Comprehensive annotation divided into three sections, which cover background elements behind the text; verse-by-verse details and meanings found in the text; and significance, relevance, intertextuality, and application from the text • Helpful Sidebars, which provide deeper insight into theological issues, word meanings, archeological connections, historical relevance, and cultural customs • an expanded bibliography for further study of historical elements, additional interpretations, and theological themes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780834124035
Publisher:	Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
Publication date:	09/01/2012
Series:	New Beacon Bible Commentary
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

JOSEPH COLESON is professor of Old Testament at Nazarene Theological Seminary. He received his B.A. from Indiana Wesleyan University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University. He has served as coeditor of Kardia; the journal of Western Evangelical Seminary, a member of the translation team of the New Living Translation, and a member of the Eighth Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies.

Table of Contents

General Editors' Preface 7

Acknowledgments 9

Abbreviations 11

Bibliography 15

Introduction 17

A The Content and Structure of Genes1s 1-11 17

B The Literary Forms of Genesis 1-11 19

C Ancient Near Eastern Parallels with Genesis 1-11 22

D Recent Developments in Genesis 1 - 11 Scholarship 22

E The Relation of Genesis 1-11 to Genesis 12-50 24

F Genesis 1-11 in the Biblical Canon 25

G The Composition of Genesis 25

H Major Theological Themes of Genesis 1-11 27

Commentary 33

I Creation and Alienation (Genesis 1-3) 33

A Creation upon the Earth (1:1-2:3) 36

1 The Heavens and the Earth (1:1-2) 39

2 Days of Preparation (1:3-13) 45

a Let There Be Light (1:3-5) 45

b Let There Be an Expanse (1:6-8) 49

c Let the Dry Land Appear (1:9-13) 52

3 Days of Population (1:14-31) 56

a Stationing the Luminaries (1:14-19) 56

b Populating Seas and Skies (1:20-23) 61

c Populating the Land (1:24-25) 63

d Creating the 'adam as Male and Female (1:26-28) 65

e Provision and Benison (1:29-31) 73

4 Day of Rest (2:1-3) 75

B The Making of the Humans (2:4-25) 80

1 God's Creation of the Humans: Stage One (2:4-7) 80

2 The Garden and Its Rivers (2:8-14) 90

3 Profession, Provision, Prohibition (2:15-17) 95

4 The Preparation of the Lone 'adam (2:18-20) 101

5 God's Creation of the 'adam: Stage Two (2:2.1-25) 107

C Catastrophe in the Garden (3:1-24) 114

1 Conversation: Enticed and Ensnared (3:1-7) 115

2 Confrontation and Pseudo-Confession (3:8-13) 125

3 God's Curse upon the Culprit (3:14-15) 133

4 Consequences for the Woman and the Man (3:16-19) 137

5 Provisional Closure: Evicted and Exiled (3:20-24) 143

II Life Between the Garden and the Flood (Genesis 4:1-6:8) 149

A Murder, Civilization, and Polygamy (4:1-26) 150

1 Cain and Abel (4:1-16) 150

2 Cain's Descendants (4:17-24) 168

3 Seth's Line: A New Beginning (4:25-26) 177

B Adam's Line, Through Seth (5:1-32) 180

1 God's Name for Humans (5:1 -2) 180

2 Adam Through Enoch: Seven Generations (5:3-24) 182

3 Methuselah Through Noah: Three Generations (5:25-32) 189

C Zenith of Unbridled Desire; God's Assessment (6:1-8) 191

III The Deluge; One Family Spared (Genesis 6:9-9:29) 203

A God's Instructions to Noah for Building the Ark (6:9-22) 205

B The Deluge: Beginning and Crest (7:1-24) 217

1 God's Command to Enter the Ark (7:1-10) 217

2 Beginning of the Deluge (7:11-16) 223

3 Cresting of the Deluge (7:17-24) 227

C Receding Waters; Leaving the Ark (8:1-22) 231

1 The Beginning of the End (8:1-5) 231

2 The Raven and the Dove (8:6-14) 234

3 Leaving the Ark (8:15-22) 238

D Blessing and Covenant (9:1-17) 244

E Noah, the Undressed Vinedresser (9:18-29) 257

IV The Table of Nations (Genesis 10) 265

A The Descendants of Japheth (10:1-5) 267

B The Descendants of Ham (10:6-20) 271

C The Descendants of Shem (10:21-32) 281

V The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) 287

VI Shem to Abram, the Second Ten (Genesis 11:10-32) 297