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Abraham and All the Families of the Earth: A Commentary on the Book of Genesis 12–50 is unavailable, but you can change that!

J. Gerald Janzen approaches Genesis with the “conviction that the final form of the text is greater than the mere sum of its sources, and that the theological vision which it presents is greater and more profound—more ripe or mature—than can be gained simply from studies of historical events and social situations out of which the text arose.” Janzen has developed a profound theological work in...

hinted at), to others described only as those who bless and curse Abram, and then to these others in their own lives and concerns as well as in their own relation to God as they seek God’s blessing upon themselves. This widening movement suggests a deep relation between the call and destiny of Abram and his descendants, and the call and destiny of all human communities. (It is to be remembered that the God who here calls Abram is the God who has called all creation into existence [Gen. 1], and who
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