From Eden to Babel: A Commentary on the Book of Genesis 1

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Genesis 1-11 preserves a unique view of Bible history, tracing the move from Eden, an idyllic world fully in accord with the will of God, to Babel, a fallen world desperately in need of salvation. In this commentary, Donald E. Gowan demonstrates acute sensitivity and insight in focusing on the theological import of these familiar but often puzzling accounts, showing them to be even more crucial...

The story seems out of place at first reading, since it explains how people came to be dispersed throughout the earth just after ch. 10 has presented in detail the results of God’s plan for repopulation after the Flood (cf. 10:32). Source analysis makes the problem somewhat less severe, for ch. 10 is basically P’s version of replenishing the earth, while 11:1–9 is J’s rather different explanation. This still leaves the question why the final editor did not consider

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