01769cam a2200277 a 4500 35008115 AUA.1 20160418125032.0 960611s1996 nyu b 001 0 eng 96026170 0679450890 (alk. paper) DLC DLC C#P EXN EXNs BS1235.2 .A76 1996 222/.1106 20 Armstrong, Karen. 6415 In the beginning : a new interpretation of Genesis / Karen Armstrong. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1996. viii, 195 p. ; 20 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187) and index. A new interpretation of Genesis : Wrestling with God and scripture -- Beginnings -- Creation -- An initial complexity -- Blessing -- Fact or fiction? -- Separation -- Knowledge -- The possibility of evil -- Sin and curse -- Cain and Abel -- The "evil inclination" -- The flood -- Noah -- The ark -- The new Adam -- The Tower of Babel -- Abraham -- Lot -- Abraham and pharaoh -- The friend of God -- Family values -- Isaac -- Rebekah -- Jacob and Esau -- The blessing of Jacob -- Jacob's ladder -- A blessing or a curse? -- Jacob agonistes -- The rape of Dinah -- The fall of Jacob -- Joseph -- Judah and Tamar -- Joseph in Egypt -- Recognition -- Judah's intervention -- A happy ending? -- Jacob's blessing -- No last word -- The Book of Genesis. Bible. O.T. Genesis Criticism, interpretation, etc. 6416 lcc BOOK 1771 1771 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-10-14 Bought by JTL 15.00 AUA001967 0 BS 1235.2 .A76 1996 AUA001967 2011-10-14 00:00:00 15.00 2011-10-14 BOOK