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100 1 _aKass, Leon.
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260 _aNew York :
_bFree Press,
_c2003.
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245 1 4 _aThe beginning of wisdom :
_breading Genesis /
_cLeon R. Kass.
_hPR
300 _axv, 700 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
504 _a1 (pages 667-678) and index.
505 0 0 _aPart One: Dangerous beginnings: the uninstructed ways Genesis 1-11 --
_tAwesome beginnings: man, heaven, and the created order --
_tThe follies of freedom and reason: the story of the Garden of Eden (I) --
_tThe vexed question of man and woman: the story of the Garden of Eden (II) --
_tFratricide and founding: the twisted roots of civilization --
_tDeath, beautiful women, and the heroic temptation: the return of chaos and the flood --
_tElementary justice: man, animals, and the coming of law and covenant --
_tPaternity and piety: Noah and his sons --
_tBabel: the failures of civilization. --
_tPart Two: Educating the fathers Genesis 12-50 --
_tAbraham (Genesis 12-25) --
_tEducating the fathers: Father Abraham --
_tEducating Father Abraham: the meaning of marriage --
_tEducating Father Abraham: the meaning of patriarchy --
_tIsaac (Genesis 25-28) --
_tInheriting the way: from father to son --
_tThe education of Isaac: from son to patriarch --
_tJacob (Genesis 28-35) The adventures of Jacob: the taming of the shrewd --
_tBrotherhood and piety: facing Esau, seeing God --
_tPolitics and piety: Jacob becomes Israel --
_tThe generations of Jacob: Joseph, Judah, and their brothers (Genesis 36-50) --
_tThe generations of Jacob: the question of leadership --
_tJoseph the Egyptian --
_tJoseph and his brothers: estrangement and recognition --
_tIsrael in Egypt: the way not taken --
_tLosing Joseph, saving Israel: Jacob preserves the way.
520 0 _aLooks at the wisdom of nature and of man as seen through an interpreation of the book of Genesis.
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pGenesis
_vCommentaries.
650 4 _aBible. Genesis - Commentaries.
856 4 1 _3Sample text
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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