Adam as Israel: Genesis 1û3 as the Introduction to the Torah and Tanakh - Softcover

Postell, Seth D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0227680197 ISBN 13: 9780227680193

Publisher: James Clarke and Co Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

A discussion of how the links between the stories of Adam and of the people of Israel explain otherwise perplexing features of the Eden narrative. Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israel's failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their consequent exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader to a future work of God. Postell highlights numerous intentional links between the story of Adam and the story of Israel and, in the process, explains numerous otherwise perplexing features of the Eden story. Postell employs a wealth of theologies to support his argument including those of Nicholas of Lyra, John Calvin, Wellhausen, Johannes Coccejus and Matthew Poole; successfully breathing new life into the wealth of exegeses.

About this title

About the Author

Seth D. Postell, formerly Assistant Professor of Old Testament at the Charles L. Feinberg Center for Messianic Jewish Studies (in partnership with Talbot School of Theology), is currently Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Israel College of the Bible in Netanya, Israel.

Edition details

• Publisher: James Clarke and Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0227680197
• ISBN 13: 9780227680193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216