by Justin Marple | Dec 19, 2008 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The fourth book begins with the title, “These are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth” (Gen 10:1). So this book will be about the descendants of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. But interestingly in the opposite order: Japheth, Ham, and...
by Justin Marple | Dec 13, 2008 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
Even though Book Three is much longer than Book Two, it follows the same pattern. It begins with the title “These are the generations of Noah” (Gen 6:9). The book should focus on the descendants of Noah with such a title, but the last book did not record...
by Justin Marple | Dec 13, 2008 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The second book in Genesis begins with the title “This is the book of the generations of Adam” (Gen 5:1). Thus we will find out about the descendants of Adam.We should identify the genre of the narrative and part of the epilogue as a royal genealogy. Up...
by Justin Marple | Dec 12, 2008 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
The key to seeing what is most important to the author is noticing the compositional strategy of the book. Most of the books in Genesis follow the following pattern: heading (“these are the generations of…”), narrative, poetry, epilogue. Actually...
by Justin Marple | Dec 11, 2008 | Genesis Commentary, OT Torah Commentary, TEACHING
This text is a prologue for the whole of Genesis, the whole of the Torah, the whole of the Old Testament, and the whole of Scripture. It is not a science textbook.As a prologue to Genesis 2-3 in the Garden of Eden, the creation of man is parallel to the creation of...
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