David L Petersen

Genesis

A Commentary

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Produktbeschreibung

Genesis: A Commentary offers a fresh interpretation of the book of Genesis, framing it as a story anchored in the central motif of family. Using a wide variety of critical approaches, and in dialogue with both classic and contemporary scholarship, Petersen shows how Genesis is a book about humans in diverse forms of familial life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780664220792
• ISBN-10: 0664220797
• Artikelnr.: 73514943

Autorenporträt

David L. Petersen is Franklin N. Parker Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Petersen served on the faculties of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Iliff School of Theology; and Emory University, where he was awarded the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award. In addition, he taught at Aarhus University, Denmark, as a Fulbright Professor. He has written numerous books and articles and worked on many collaborative projects (Common English Bible [convener of the editorial board] and New Interpreter's Bible [senior Old Testament Editor]) and editorial boards (Old Testament Library, Journal of Biblical Literature). He has already published two volumes in the Old Testament Library series. He was elected president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2004. In 2010, he was presented with a Festschrift titled: Method Matters: Essays on the Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David L. Petersen.