David M. Carr

Genesis 1-11

Mehr aus der Reihe: International Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament (IECOT)

1. Auflage
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seiten: 358
Sprache: Englisch

978-3-17-037512-3 (E-ISBN)
978-3-17-020623-6 (Print-ISBN)
https://doi.org/10.17433/978-3-17-037512-3

Zum Shop

Zusammenfassung

This commentary offers a synthesis of close readings of Genesis 1-11 and up-to-date study of the formation of these chapters in their ancient Near Eastern context. Each interpretation of these evocative and multilayered narratives is preceded with a new translation (with textual and philological commentary) and a concise overview of the ways in which each text bears the marks of its shaping over time. This prepares for a close reading that draws on the best of older and newer exegetical insights into these chapters, a reading that then connects to feminist, queer, ecocritical, and other contemporary approaches.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cover

1

-

3
Titlepage

4

-

5
Contents

6

-

9
Editors’ Foreword

10

-

11
Preface and Acknowledgements

12

-

15
+

Introduction to the Commentary

16

-

40
- Initial Overview of the Contents and Literary Patterns in Gen 1-11
  
  16
  
  -
  
  18
- Major Themes in the History of Interpretation of Gen 1:1-6:4
  
  19
  
  -
  
  22
- +
  
  Major Contours of the Diachronic Background to Gen 1-11
  
  23
  
  -
  
  27
  - Ancient Non-Biblical Precursors
    
    23
    
    -
    
    24
  - The Character of Mesopotamian Primeval Texts and Traditions
    
    24
    
    -
    
    27
- The Limited Usefulness of the ‘Creation’ Category for Reading Gen 1-11
  
  28
  
  -
  
  27
- +
  
  Literary Stages in the Formation of Gen 1-11
  
  28
  
  -
  
  36
  - P, Non-P, and Models for their Relationship
    
    28
    
    -
    
    29
  - Layers and Dating of the Pre-P Primeval History
    
    30
    
    -
    
    33
  - Layers and Dating in the Priestly Levels of the Primeval History
    
    33
    
    -
    
    36
- Early Textual Transmission of Gen 1-11: The Three Major Traditions
  
  37
  
  -
  
  37
- Moving to Commentary
  
  37
  
  -
  
  40
+

Genesis 1:1-2:3: The Seven Day Creation Account

41

-

85
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  42
  
  -
  
  48
- +
  
  Diachronic Prologue
  
  49
  
  -
  
  52
  - Genesis 1:1-2:3 as Priestly and Its Relations to Gen 2:4b-3:24
    
    49
    
    -
    
    49
  - Separate Precursors to Gen 1:1-2:3: The Enuma Elish Epic and Psalm 104
    
    50
    
    -
    
    51
  - The Question of Stratification within Gen 1:1-2:3 Itself
    
    51
    
    -
    
    52
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  53
  
  -
  
  78
  - Overview of Gen 1:3-31
    
    55
    
    -
    
    57
  - Commentary
    
    58
    
    -
    
    76
  - Conclusion: Divergent Patterns Spanning Gen 1:1-2:3
    
    76
    
    -
    
    78
- Synthesis
  
  78
  
  -
  
  85
+

Genesis 2:4-3:24: The Origins of Adult Human Life in the Garden of Eden

86

-

148
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  88
  
  -
  
  92
- +
  
  Diachronic Prologue
  
  93
  
  -
  
  99
  - Genesis 2:4a as a Conflational Superscription
    
    93
    
    -
    
    94
  - Genesis 2:4b-3:24 (Gen 2-3) as a Pre-Priestly Creation Narrative
    
    95
    
    -
    
    96
  - Non-Biblical (Mesopotamian) Precursors to Gen 2-3
    
    97
    
    -
    
    97
  - Other Precursors to Gen 2-3
    
    97
    
    -
    
    99
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  100
  
  -
  
  143
  - Overview
    
    100
    
    -
    
    101
  - +
    
    Commentary
    
    102
    
    -
    
    143
    - Temporal Placement
      
      102
      
      -
      
      102
    - Genesis 2:4b-17: Scene One in the Concentric Structure (cf. Scene Seven in 3:22-24)
      
      103
      
      -
      
      111
    - Genesis 2:18-25: Scene Two in the Concentric Structure (cf. Scene Six, 3:14-21)
      
      112
      
      -
      
      117
    - Genesis 3:1-5: Scene Three in the Concentric Structure (cf. Scene Five, 3:8-13)
      
      118
      
      -
      
      122
    - Genesis 3:6-7: Scene Four, The Central Scene in the Concentric Structure
      
      123
      
      -
      
      125
    - Genesis 3:8-13: Scene Five in the Concentric Structure (cf. Scene Three, 3:8-13)
      
      126
      
      -
      
      129
    - Genesis 3:14-21: Scene Six in the Concentric Structure (cf. especially Scene Two, 2:18-25)
      
      130
      
      -
      
      138
    - Genesis 3:22-24: Scene Seven in the Concentric Structure (cf. Scene One, 2:4b-17)
      
      139
      
      -
      
      142
    - Conclusion to Synchronic Analysis of Gen 2:4b-3:24 (in its Pre-P Context)
      
      142
      
      -
      
      143
- Synthesis
  
  143
  
  -
  
  148
+

Genesis 4:1-26: First Descendants of the Initial Human Couple

149

-

185
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  150
  
  -
  
  154
- Diachronic Prologue
  
  155
  
  -
  
  155
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  156
  
  -
  
  180
  - Overview
    
    156
    
    -
    
    156
  - +
    
    Commentary
    
    157
    
    -
    
    178
    - Genesis 4:1-5: Narrative Background—Part One of the Concentric Structure (cf. Part Five, 4:16)
      
      157
      
      -
      
      163
    - Genesis 4:6-7: YHWH’S Instruction—Part Two of the Concentric Structure (cf. Part Four, 4:9-15)
      
      164
      
      -
      
      164
    - Genesis 4:8: The Central Crime—Part Three of the Concentric Structure
      
      165
      
      -
      
      165
    - Genesis 4:9-15: Consequences for Cain—Part Four of the Concentric Structure (cf. Part Two, 4:6-7)
      
      166
      
      -
      
      173
    - Genesis 4:16: Narrative conclusion—Part Five of the Concentric Structure (cf. Part One, 4:1-5)
      
      174
      
      -
      
      173
    - Genesis 4:17-18
      
      174
      
      -
      
      174
    - Genesis 4:19-24
      
      175
      
      -
      
      177
    - Genesis 4:25-26
      
      177
      
      -
      
      178
  - Conclusion to the Synchronic Analysis
    
    178
    
    -
    
    180
- Diachronic Analysis
  
  181
  
  -
  
  182
- Synthesis
  
  182
  
  -
  
  185
+

Genesis 5:1-32: The Genealogical Line from Adam to Noah and his Sons

186

-

204
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  187
  
  -
  
  190
- +
  
  Diachronic Prologue
  
  191
  
  -
  
  195
  - Part One: P and Non-P in Gen 5 (and Relations to non-P in Gen 4)
    
    191
    
    -
    
    192
  - Part Two: A Priestly Toledot Book Standing Behind (most of) Gen 5
    
    193
    
    -
    
    192
  - Part Three: Links of the Toledot Book to (a Late Iteration of) the Sumerian King List Tradition
    
    193
    
    -
    
    193
  - Part Four: Scribal Adaptations of the Chronological System
    
    194
    
    -
    
    194
  - Conclusion to the Diachronic Prologue
    
    194
    
    -
    
    195
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  196
  
  -
  
  202
  - Overview
    
    196
    
    -
    
    196
  - Commentary
    
    196
    
    -
    
    202
- Synthesis
  
  202
  
  -
  
  204
+

Genesis 6:1-4: The Marriages of Sons of God with Human Daughters and Their Effects

205

-

222
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  205
  
  -
  
  206
- +
  
  Diachronic Prologue
  
  207
  
  -
  
  210
  - Genesis 6:1-4 as a Part of the Pre-P Primeval History
    
    207
    
    -
    
    208
  - Traditional Precursors to Gen 6:1-4
    
    209
    
    -
    
    209
  - Conclusion to the Diachronic Prologue
    
    209
    
    -
    
    210
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  211
  
  -
  
  220
  - Overview
    
    211
    
    -
    
    210
  - Commentary
    
    211
    
    -
    
    217
  - Conclusion to the Synchronic Analysis
    
    217
    
    -
    
    220
- Synthesis
  
  220
  
  -
  
  222
+

Genesis 6:5-9:17; 9:28-29: Noah and the Flood

223

-

278
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  226
  
  -
  
  231
- +
  
  Diachronic Prologue
  
  232
  
  -
  
  239
  - Preliminary Source Analysis of Gen 6:5-9:17
    
    234
    
    -
    
    238
  - Non-Biblical Precursors to the Noah and Flood Story
    
    238
    
    -
    
    239
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  240
  
  -
  
  275
  - +
    
    Commentary on the Non-Priestly Story of the Flood and Noah
    
    240
    
    -
    
    252
    - Diachronic Conclusions on the Non-P Synchronic Level of the Flood Narrative
      
      249
      
      -
      
      252
  - +
    
    Commentary on the Priestly Story of Noah and the Flood
    
    253
    
    -
    
    273
    - Diachronic Conclusions on the Priestly Synchronic Level of the Flood Narrative
      
      271
      
      -
      
      273
  - Comments on the Present Combined P/non-P Noah-Flood Story
    
    273
    
    -
    
    275
- Synthesis
  
  275
  
  -
  
  278
+

Genesis 9:18-29: The Conclusion of the Noah Account—Noah and His Sons

279

-

290
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  279
  
  -
  
  279
- +
  
  Diachronic Prologue
  
  280
  
  -
  
  282
  - Genesis 9:18-27 as Pre-Priestly
    
    280
    
    -
    
    280
  - Ancient Near Eastern Precursors
    
    281
    
    -
    
    281
  - Literary Stratification: The Addition of Ham (Gen 9:18, 22) and the Spread of Noah’s Family (Gen 9:19)
    
    281
    
    -
    
    282
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  283
  
  -
  
  288
  - Commentary
    
    283
    
    -
    
    287
  - Concluding Overview of the Non-P Narrative of Noah and his Sons
    
    287
    
    -
    
    288
- Synthesis
  
  288
  
  -
  
  290
+

Genesis 10:1-32: Post-Flood Peoples Descending from Noah’s Sons

291

-

314
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  292
  
  -
  
  293
- Introduction and Diachronic Prologue
  
  294
  
  -
  
  297
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  298
  
  -
  
  312
  - +
    
    Commentary on Pre-P Elements Embedded in Gen 10
    
    298
    
    -
    
    305
    - Genesis 10:8(b)-12: A Non-Priestly Etiology of Mesopotamian cities and Kingship associated with Nimrod
      
      299
      
      -
      
      300
    - Genesis 10:15 and 21: An Early Sequel to the Story of Noah and His Sons
      
      301
      
      -
      
      302
    - Genesis 10:13-14: Egypt’ Fathering of Peoples
      
      303
      
      -
      
      303
    - Genesis 10:16-19: An Expansion of the Report of Canaan’s Fathering
      
      304
      
      -
      
      304
    - Conclusions on the Non-P Overview of Noah’s Offspring
      
      304
      
      -
      
      305
  - +
    
    Commentary on the P/Verbless Framework of Gen 10
    
    306
    
    -
    
    309
    - Conclusions on P’s Treatment of the Descendants of Noah’s Sons
      
      307
      
      -
      
      309
  - Comments on the Present (Conflated P/non-P) Overview of Noah’s Post-Flood Descendants
    
    309
    
    -
    
    312
- Synthesis
  
  312
  
  -
  
  314
+

Genesis 11:1-9: Divine Prevention of Human Collective Power through Linguistic Confusion and the Scattering of Humans

315

-

334
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  315
  
  -
  
  315
- Introduction and Diachronic Prologue
  
  316
  
  -
  
  316
- +
  
  Synchronic Analysis
  
  317
  
  -
  
  327
  - Overview
    
    317
    
    -
    
    318
  - Commentary
    
    319
    
    -
    
    325
  - Conclusion to the Synchronic Reading of the Present Text
    
    325
    
    -
    
    327
- +
  
  Diachronic Analysis
  
  328
  
  -
  
  331
  - Proposed Literary Strata Inside Gen 11:1-9
    
    328
    
    -
    
    328
  - Non-Biblical Precursors to Gen 11:1-9
    
    329
    
    -
    
    330
  - Genesis 11:1-9 as part of the Pre-Priestly Primeval History
    
    330
    
    -
    
    331
- Synthesis
  
  331
  
  -
  
  334
+

Genesis 11:10-26: The Genealogical Line from Shem to Abraham

335

-

342
- Notes on Text and Translation
  
  335
  
  -
  
  335
- Diachronic Prologue
  
  336
  
  -
  
  336
- Synchronic Analysis
  
  337
  
  -
  
  341
- Synthesis
  
  341
  
  -
  
  342
Selective Bibliography

343

-

351
+

Indexes

352

-

357
- Index of Hebrew Words
  
  352
  
  -
  
  352
- Index of Key Words
  
  353
  
  -
  
  353
- Index of Biblical Citations
  
  354
  
  -
  
  355
- Index of Other Ancient Literature
  
  355
  
  -
  
  357
Plan of volumes

358

-

359

Autorenporträt

David M. Carr is Professor of Old Testament at the Union Theological Seminary, New York.

Genesis 1-11

Zusammenfassung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Autorenporträt

Weitere Beiträge zur Thematik