"Contributors to the two collections of essays (Dozeman/Schmid and Dozeman/
Schmid/Römer) are firstrate scholars. And without exception, each essay ... Not a
single contributor holds that Genesis was written by a single person, let alone
Moses. As for Jack Sasson, with ... Robert Alter offers even less support for
Hoffmeier, for he not only accepts the standard threesource hypothesis for
Genesis (J, E, P) but also describes the bibli ..."
"There is little doubt that in recent years the nature of the Genesis narrative has sparked much debate among Christians. This Counterpoints volume introduces three predominant interpretive genres and their implications for biblical understanding. Each contributor identifies their position on the genre of Genesis 1-11, addressing why it is appropriate to the text, and contributes examples of its application to a variety of passages. The ..."