Notes on the Text of the Book of Genesis Second Edition

In this revised and expanded second edition Spurrell provides detailed notes on the text of Genesis--helpful for both student and scholar. He keys his comments to the grammars of Gesenius Davidson Stade and Olshausen in addition to Drivers Hebrew Tenses and Davidsons Hebrew Syntax. Throughout the volume the author pays special attention to linguistic forms syntax grammar and geography.Spurrell also provides a detailed introduction in which he summarizes the views of several scholars on the sources of the Pentateuch: their vocabulary formulas and grammar. But more than that he provides a brief history of Pentateuchal research. A concluding appendix discusses the divine names El Elohim and Yahweh.