Creation and blessing : a guide to the study and exposition of Genesis / Allen P. Ross. [print]

PART 1. THE STUDY OF GENESIS -- Approaches to Genesis -- Method for studying Genesis -- The nature of Genesis -- The composition of Genesis --

PART 2. THE PRIMEVAL EVENTS -- The creation of the universe by the Word of God (1:1-2:3) -- The creation of man and woman in the garden (2:4-25) -- The temptation and the Fall (3:1-7) -- The oracles of God at the Fall (3:8-24) -- The story of Cain and Abel (4:1-16) -- The beginning of civilization (4:17-26) -- The outworking of the curse in the human race (5) -- God's grief over the wickedness of humankind (6:1-8) -- The judgment of the Flood (6:9-8:22) -- The covenant of God through Noah (9:1-17) -- The oracle of Noah - the curse of Canaan (9:18-29) -- The table of nations (10) -- The dispersion of the nations at Babel (11:1-9) -- The genealogy of Shem (11:10-26) --

PART 3. THE PATRIARCHAL NARRATIVES ABOUT ABRAHAM -- The record of Terah and Abram's obedience (11:27-12:9) -- The promised blessing jeopardized (12:10-20) -- Faith's solution to strife (13) -- The blessing of victory for God's people (14) -- The trustworthiness of the Lord's promises (15) -- Ishmael: The rebuke of weak faith (16) -- The pledge of the promise and the sign of the covenant (17) -- God's marvelous work for his covenant people (18:1-15) -- The justice of the righteous judge (18:16-33) -- The judgment of Sodom (19) -- The preservation of the purity of the Marriage (20) -- The fulfillment of the promise and the removal of the threat (21:1-21) -- The covenant at Beersheba (21:22-34) -- The sacrifice of Isaac (22:1-19) -- The descendants of Nahor (22:20-24) -- The purchase of the cave of Machpelah (23) -- The choosing of a bride for Isaac (24) -- Abraham's death and Isaac's inheritance (25:1-11) --

PART 4. THE PATRIARCHAL NARRATIVES ABOUT THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM -- The record of Ishmael (25:12-18) -- The creation and election of the seed (25:19-26) -- The sale of the birthright (25:27-34) -- The preservation of the faith (26:1-11) -- The blessing of water in the wilderness (26:1-11) -- The deception for the blessing (26:34-28:9) -- Jacob's vision: The founding of Bethel (28:10-22) -- Jacob's marriages and Laban's deception (29:1-30) -- The mishandling of God's blessing (26:34-28:9) -- Jacob's vision: The founding of Bethel (28:10-22) -- Jacob's marriages and Laban's deception (29:1-30) -- The mishandling of God's blessing (29:1-30) -- The blessing of prosperity (30:25-43) -- Jacob's flight from Laban and God's protection (31) -- A gift from the camp: An unnecessary attempt at appeasement (32:1-21) -- Jacob at the Jabbok, Israel at Peniel (32:22032) -- Reconciliation (33) -- Defilement from the pagans (34) -- The return to Bethel (35) -- The extensive prosperity of the world (36:1-37:1) --

PART 5. THE STORY OF JOSEPH -- The sovereign choice of the wise leader (37:2-11) -- The selling of the chosen into bondage (37:12-36) -- The triumph of a just cause in a corrupt family (38) -- How the wise man resists temptation (39) -- Joseph in prison: An unwavering faith (40) -- How God controls nations to accomplish his program (41) -- The awakening of conscience (42) -- The testing for jealousy (43) -- The testing for loyalty (44) -- The reconciliation of brothers (45:1-15) -- The moving of Israel to Egypt (45:16-46:30) -- By wisdom kings reign (46:31-47:27) -- Faith that has learned the ways of God (47:28-48:22) -- The shaping of destiny (49:1-28) -- Deaths and unfulfilled promises (49:29-50:26).

Creation and Blessing is an exceptionally helpful guide for pastors and teachers. Its literary, exegetical, and theological analyses will enrich any exposition of Genesis. The author's purpose is to "help the reader appreciate the major literary and theological motifs that form the theological ideas in the narratives, and to demonstrate how these theological ideas can be developed into clear and accurate expository ideas." To accomplish this goal, he divides Genesis into more than sixty units, discussing each unit's theological ideas, describing its structure, and synthesizing its message, as well as providing an exegetical outline, an expository outline, and a bibliography. AMAZON

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Allen P. Ross (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at Beeson Divinity School. He served as translator and editor of the New King James Version and commented on Genesis and Psalms in the Bible Knowledge Commentary. He is also the author of Introducing Biblical Hebrew and Holiness to the Lord.