CG1 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in green paper covered boards quarter bound in brown cloth with minor overall shelf wear plus a remainder mark on the bottom outside paper edges. The dust jacket is in very good+ condition with minor overall shelf wear mainly in the form of very light edge wear overall. Twenty major writers, novelists, poets, dramatists and essayists, examine a particular story in Genesis and comment on it from the perspective of the storyteller. Their examination allow them to explore the imatinative sensibilities of the original authors and thus a deeper understanding of writing and biblical literature. 213p. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title

Genesis As It Is Written: Contemporary Writers on Our First Stories

Publisher

HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0060667060

ISBN 13

9780060667061

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First American Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Remainder

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Unlike 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.
But 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.

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