BIBLIOGRAPHY

Watson, Duane F. and Alan J. Hauser. Rhetorical Criticism of the Bible: A Comprehensive Bibliography with Notes on History and Method. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1994, 206 p.

Discussion of two types of rhetorical criticism of the Bible—source and form criticism—followed by a bibliography that includes Genesis studies.

CRITICISM

Cassuto, U. Commentary on the Book of Genesis. Part I: From Adam to Noah. Genesis I-VI 8. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, Hebrew University, translated from the Hebrew by Israel Abrahams, 1944, 323 p.

Critical analyses of the creation story, the story of the Garden of Eden, the story of Cain and Abel, and the Book of the History of Adam.

Coats, George W. Genesis, with an Introduction to Narrative Literature. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1983, 322 p.

Critical commentary on each of the following: the structure of the Pentateuch/Hexateuch, the theme of patriarchy in Genesis, the primeval history, and the stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Crenshaw, James. “Journey Into Oblivion: A Structural Analysis of Gen. 22:1-19. Soundings LVIII, No. 2 (Summer 1975): 243-56.

Examination of the literary structure of the story of Abraham's near-sacrifice of his son Isaac.

Curtis, Edward M. “Structure, Style and Content as a Key to Interpreting Jacob's Encounter at Peniel.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 30, No. 2 (June 1987): 129-37.

Maintains that the literary structure and style of the Jacob narrative offer subtle but accurate guidance toward interpreting the events portrayed in the text.

Graves, Robert. “The Argument.” Adam's Rib and Other Anomalous Elements in the Hebrew Creation Myth, pp. 1-19. Boissia, Clairvaux, Jura, France: Trianon Press, 1955.

Argues that the composition of Genesis can be properly understood when based on the assumption that the book's author used the process of “iconotropy,” that is, misinterpreting ancient icons and holy emblems in the service of a new religious motivation.

Hauser, Alan J. “Linguistic and Thematic Links Between Genesis 4:1-16 and Genesis 2-3.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 23, No. 4 (December 1980): 297-305.

Challenges the notion that the Cain and Abel story was originally independent of the Adam and Eve story, and analyzes the structural, linguistic, and thematic interrelatedness of the two stories.

Kierkegaard, Soren. Fear and Trembling. Fear and Trembling and the Sickness Unto Death, translated by Walter Lowrie, pp. 21-132. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1941.

Originally published in 1843, Kierkegaard presents a philosophical “dialectical lyric” on the Abraham / Isaac story. The translator cites Kierkegaard's notes for the project, in which the philosopher states that “Abraham's conduct was genuinely poetic, magnanimous, more magnanimous than anything I have read of in tragedies.”

Kikawada, Isaac M. “A Quantitative Analysis of the ‘Adam and Eve,’ ‘Cain and Abel,’ and ‘Noah’ Stories.” Perspectives on Language and Text, edited by Edgar W. Conrad and Edward G. Newing, pp. 195-203. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1987.

Contends that the themes and motifs of these three stories are repeated in each story, in the same sequence. Each story, states Kikawada, recounts a threat of death to mankind, followed by salvation from death and extermination.

Redford, Donald B. A Study of the Biblical Story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50). Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1970, 290 p.

Booklength analysis of the Joseph story, discussing the following: the present context of the story, its syntax, the narrative as literature, the source and its plot and style, the Egyptian background of the story, and the date of its composition.

Sharpless, F. Parvin. Introduction to The Myth of the Fall: Literature of Innocence and Experience, pp. 1-17. Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Company, Inc., 1974.

Discusses the original fall of Adam and Eve as depicted in Genesis, and highlights pertinent themes that may be sought in the other works of literature, inspired by the Genesis story, contained in the volume.

Vawter, Bruce. On Genesis: A New Reading. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1977, 501 p.

The introduction to this volume studies the sources, materials, and various interpretations of Genesis,and is followed by commentary on the primeval and patriarchal histories.

van Wolde, Ellen. “The Story of Cain and Abel: A Narrative Study.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 52 (1991): 25-41.

Offers a narrative approach to the Cain and Abel story, examining the actions of the protagonists (God, Cain, and Abel), in an attempt to clarify a story often held to be incoherent and ambiguous. Also maintains that the story is closely related to Genesis 2-3 (the Adam and Eve story).