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The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Most scholars studying the first five books of the Bible either attempt to dissect it into various pre-pentateuchal documents or, at the very least, analyze Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy as separate, self-contained documents. The Pentateuch As Narrative focuses on the narrative and literary continuity of the Pentateuch as a whole. It seeks to disclose how the original...

Chapters 1–11 form an introduction to both the book of Genesis and the Pentateuch as a whole. One should read these chapters with this dual purpose in mind. They set the stage for the narratives of the patriarchs (Ge 12–50) as well as provide the appropriate background for understanding the central topic of the Pentateuch: the Sinai covenant (Exodus-Deuteronomy). The author of the Pentateuch has carefully selected
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