Genesis

God is always savior. God saves creation from the sterility of meaningless lifelessness and calls Humanity to share in the same task, in relationship with each other and with God. But Humanity chooses selfishness and so evil enters the world. God saves, and chooses a family for blessing and to mediate that blessing to the world. The family is a troubled one; riven with jealousy, not immune to strife, they struggle to live up to the blessing given them. Rather than the succession of patriarchs, our attention is focused on the entirety of each generation of the troubled family chosen for blessing. In so doing we discover that Hagar, the outsider, is central to the life of the first generation. We see that, over and over, God saves the outsider, whether Hagar or Tamar. We see that God and Abraham achieve a silence that bespeaks obedience accepted and love acknowledged. We see that Jacob is never entirely transformed, never entirely Israel, but is loved despite his lameness.

Fr. David W. Cotter is a parish priest

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Michelangelo, Porcelain Miniatures, and Method	p. xiii
Stories about Beginnings: Genesis 1-11
The Story of the Creation of All That Is: Genesis 1:1-2:3	p. 3
The Story of the Creation of Man and Woman, the Paradise in Which They Lived and That They Chose to Lose, and the Sin That Ensued: Genesis 2-3; 4	p. 25
Note: Genesis 5--The Ongoing Genealogy of Humanity	p. 47
The Story of the Great Flood and the Covenant That Ensued: Genesis 6-9	p. 49
Note: Genesis 10--The Ongoing Genealogy of Humanity	p. 65
The Story about Babel: Genesis 11:1-9	p. 67
Note: Genesis 11:10-32--The Ongoing Genealogy of Humanity (Abram, his family, and their troubles introduced)	p. 73
Summary: The Narrative Structure of Genesis 1-11	p. 75
Stories about the Troubled Family Chosen for Blessing: Genesis 12-50
Introduction: Choosing Where to Stand	p. 79
In the Time of the First Generation: Genesis 12-25	p. 83
Excursus: God as a Developing Character in Genesis 12-25	p. 171
In the Time of the Second Generation: Genesis 25-28	p. 181
In the Time of the Third Generation: Genesis 28-36	p. 207
Note: Genesis 36:1-43--Esau and His Strengths	p. 261
In the Time of the Fourth Generation: Genesis 37-50	p. 263
Excursus: Outsiders: The Use of Location, Movement, and Concentric Structure to Highlight the Autonomy of Female Characters (Genesis 38; 1 Samuel 25; 2 Samuel 11; 2 Samuel 13)	p. 329
For Further Reading	p. 339
Abbreviations	p. 351
Scripture Index	p. 353
Subject Index	p. 365
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