The beginning of wisdom : reading Genesis / Leon R. Kass. [print]

By:

Kass, Leon [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2003.Description: xv, 700 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780743242998

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LOC classification:

BS1235.K19.B445 2003
BS1235

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Contents:

Awesome beginnings: man, heaven, and the created order -- The follies of freedom and reason: the story of the Garden of Eden (I) -- The vexed question of man and woman: the story of the Garden of Eden (II) -- Fratricide and founding: the twisted roots of civilization -- Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation: the return of chaos and the flood -- Elementary justice: man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant -- Paternity and piety: Noah and his sons -- Babel: the failures of civilization. -- Part Two: Educating the fathers Genesis 12-50 -- Abraham (Genesis 12-25) -- Educating the fathers: Father Abraham -- Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of marriage -- Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of patriarchy -- Isaac (Genesis 25-28) -- Inheriting the way: from father to son -- The education of Isaac: from son to patriarch -- Jacob (Genesis 28-35) The adventures of Jacob: the taming of the shrewd -- Brotherhood and piety: facing Esau, seeing God -- Politics and piety: Jacob becomes Israel -- The generations of Jacob: Joseph, Judah, and their brothers (Genesis 36-50) -- The generations of Jacob: the question of leadership -- Joseph the Egyptian -- Joseph and his brothers: estrangement and recognition -- Israel in Egypt: the way not taken -- Losing Joseph, saving Israel: Jacob preserves the way.

Subject: Looks at the wisdom of nature and of man as seen through an interpreation of the book of Genesis.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Withdrawn	G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN	Non-fiction	BS1235.53.K377.W573 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		31923001690292

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Part One: Dangerous beginnings: the uninstructed ways Genesis 1-11 -- Awesome beginnings: man, heaven, and the created order -- The follies of freedom and reason: the story of the Garden of Eden (I) -- The vexed question of man and woman: the story of the Garden of Eden (II) -- Fratricide and founding: the twisted roots of civilization -- Death, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation: the return of chaos and the flood -- Elementary justice: man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant -- Paternity and piety: Noah and his sons -- Babel: the failures of civilization. -- Part Two: Educating the fathers Genesis 12-50 -- Abraham (Genesis 12-25) -- Educating the fathers: Father Abraham -- Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of marriage -- Educating Father Abraham: the meaning of patriarchy -- Isaac (Genesis 25-28) -- Inheriting the way: from father to son -- The education of Isaac: from son to patriarch -- Jacob (Genesis 28-35) The adventures of Jacob: the taming of the shrewd -- Brotherhood and piety: facing Esau, seeing God -- Politics and piety: Jacob becomes Israel -- The generations of Jacob: Joseph, Judah, and their brothers (Genesis 36-50) -- The generations of Jacob: the question of leadership -- Joseph the Egyptian -- Joseph and his brothers: estrangement and recognition -- Israel in Egypt: the way not taken -- Losing Joseph, saving Israel: Jacob preserves the way.

Looks at the wisdom of nature and of man as seen through an interpreation of the book of Genesis.

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