Synopsis: The story of Adam is the story of Israel writ small In this text-centered interpretation of Genesis 1-3, Seth Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israel's failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the read...

Synopsis:The story of Adam is the story of Israel writ smallIn this text-centered interpretation of Genesis 1-3, Seth Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israels failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader t...

Synopsis:The story of Adam is the story of Israel writ smallIn this text-centered interpretation of Genesis 1-3, Seth Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israels failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader t...

Synopsis:The story of Adam is the story of Israel writ smallIn this text-centered interpretation of Genesis 1-3, Seth Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israels failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader t...

Synopsis:The story of Adam is the story of Israel writ smallIn this text-centered interpretation of Genesis 1-3, Seth Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israels failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader t...

Synopsis:The story of Adam is the story of Israel writ smallIn this text-centered interpretation of Genesis 1-3, Seth Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israels failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader t...

Synopsis:The story of Adam is the story of Israel writ smallIn this text-centered interpretation of Genesis 1-3, Seth Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israels failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader t...

Synopsis:The story of Adam is the story of Israel writ smallIn this text-centered interpretation of Genesis 1-3, Seth Postell contends that the opening chapters of the Bible, when interpreted as a strategic literary introduction to the Torah and to the Tanakh, intentionally foreshadows Israels failure to keep the Sinai Covenant and their exile from the Promised Land, in order to point the reader t...