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Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1–11 is unavailable, but you can change that!

What does it mean to be a good reader of Genesis 1–11? What does it mean to take these ancient stories seriously and how does that relate to taking them literally? Can we even take any of this material seriously? Reading Genesis Well answers these questions and more, promoting a responsible conversation about how science and biblical faith relate by developing a rigorous approach to interpreting...

the far-off times—again, always with the implication that Genesis is telling these tales the right way. We should consider what effect these numbers would have on an ancient audience. Quite apart from whether there is some kind of symbolism and figure in these numbers, certainly on their face they create a sense of distance between the characters and the audience—for whom “three-score and ten” (Ps 90:10 AV) was a worthy achievement. Gordon Wenham mentions some explanations that have been proffered,
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