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008			960425s1996 cau 000 0 eng
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020			_a9780060667061
020			_a9780060667368
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050	0	4	_aBS1235
050	0	4	_aBS1235.R813.G464 1996
245	0	0	_aGenesis as it is written : _bcontemporary writers on our first stories / _cedited and introduced by David Rosenberg. _hPR
250			_afirst edition.
260			_aSan Francisco, California : _bHarperSan Francisco, _c(c)1996.
300			_avi, 212 pages ; _c22 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_a1
505	0	0	_aIntroduction: As It Is Written _rDavid Rosenberg -- _tGrace Schulman on the Story of the Creation Poet -- _tMadison Smartt Bell on the Story of the Days of Creation -- _tArthur Miller on the Story of Adam and Eve -- _tMichael Dorris on the Story of Abel -- _tRon Hansen on the Story of Cain -- _tDavid Mamet on the Story of Noach -- _tDavid Shapiro on the Story of the Tower of Babel -- _tJames Carroll on the Story of Abraham -- _tAlfred Corn on the Story of Lot -- _tPhillip Lopate on the Story of Abraham and Sarah -- _tNorma Rosen on the Story of Sarah's Late Pregnancy -- _tLore Segal on the Story of Sarah and Hagar -- _tGeoffrey Hartman on the Story of Isaac's Sacrifice -- _tClarence Major on the Story of Rebekah -- _tKathleen Norris on the Story of Rebekah as a Mother -- _tAllegra Goodman on the Story of Rachel -- _tEdward Hirsch on the Story of Jacob's Wrestling with an Angel -- _tLeonard Michaels on the Story of Judah and Tamar -- _tFrancine Prose on the Story of Joseph in Egypt.
520	0		_aUnlike any other stories in our culture, those in the book of Genesis confront us with provoking scenes of love and death, stark allegiances and subtle betrayals. At first glance, these narratives may seem straightforward, but as we reread and delve more deeply into them they begin to resonate with new meaning and they force us to reexamine our understanding of the social, ethical, and political landscape in which we live.
520	8		_aBut in the beginning were the writers of the stories. Over the centuries, the morals and meanings that traditional readings have attached to the stories of Genesis effectively obscured the contemporary culture that produced them. Even experts and commentators have tended to miss the point: they all agree that Genesis is special, but the question of why the book was written has never properly addressed. Now, for the first time, twenty of our leading literary lights - novelists, poets, dramatists, and essayists - turn their attention to a particular story in Genesis and comment on it from the perspective of the storyteller. Together, they begin to discover the imaginative sensibilities of the ancient writer, as the very motivations of the biblical authors and their characters come to light. The result is a stunningly realized literary collection that will forever change they way you read the Bible's first stories.
530			_a2
650		0	_aBible as literature.
700	1		_aRosenberg, David, _d1943-
907			_a.b1092582x _b08-09-13 _c01-22-08
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell