Understanding Genesis

<p>"This book...is designed to make the Bible of Israel intelligible, relevant, and hopefully, inspiring to a sophisticated generation, possessed of intellectual curiosity and ethical sensitivity. It is based on the belief that the study of the Book of Books must constitute a mature intellectual challenge, an exposure to the expanding universe of scientific biblical scholarship. Far from presenting a threat to faith, a challenge to the intellect may reinforce faith and purify it." &ndash; from the Introduction</p>