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In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis

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In the Beginning: A New Interpretation of Genesis

by Karen Armstrong

About this title: Karen Armstrong traces the general movement of the Book of Genesis and its great themes, looks at these stories in detail, and demonstrates why they work to illustrate the human quest for meaning.

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Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The author's interpretation of the Book of Gensis is lucid, authoritative and inspiring--provides fresh light in the darkness for all who seek both to understand the ancient scriptures and to apply them to our contemporary life. Very minor smudge on back of jacket. read more

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goodreads rating 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Sep 6, 2009
By Beau, Fort Collins, CO

"For the person who has never picked up this remarkable book, Armstrong shows that Genesis stands in contrast to the things that frustrate us most about religion. It presents an unafraid and open dialog about justice, answer and questions, certainty, and hope.

Indeed a fresh interpretation of one of my favorite ancient texts, Armstrong sees Genesis through the lens of chapter 32 in which Jacob wrestles with God. She says, "...the editors who put together the final text of Genesis...felt able to include the text because it so eloquently described the religious experience of Israel. There would be no final revelation: God would never fully impart his name and nature to his people. The sacred was too great a reality to be contained within a purely human definition or system of thought. Thus, the people of Israel would have only fleeting and frequently ambiguous glimpses of the divine, though they would know they had been blessed."

The raw text of Genesis deserves to be read in the light of Armstrong's propositions. As she says, Genesis appears wrought with contradictions and unsolved problems, which it makes no effort to iron out.

What a bold thing it is to state a truth and not feel you have to defend it with fact or argument. Those who quarrel are those who are least certain. This is the genius of Genesis.

A favorite quote (p. 35):

"One of the most painful lessons that we have to learn in life is that the apportioning of love is neither fair nor rational.""

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goodreads rating 3 out of 5 3 out of 5
May 3, 2009
By Candice, Los Angeles, CA

"had more of her "voice" than i would expect... was looking for something more unbiased, but still worthy, raised some new questions."

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goodreads rating 3 out of 5 3 out of 5
Apr 24, 2009
By Jen, Somerville, MA

"In general, I like Karen Armstrong's books because she picks a relatively straightforward position and then defends it. In this (very short) book, she's interpreting Genesis as an artifact of the human condition -- that relationships with God are always subject to the lens of human experience.

Her position is that the authors of Genesis deliberately make God "unknowable" - reminding us that attempting to label the divine with human logic, emotion and definitions of "fairness" are going to trip us up. She also goes so far as to point out that many of the men in Genesis were in fact broken or severely damaged by trying to follow this "unknowable" divine guidance, or inflicted serious damage on their families.

In short, an interesting position, some grains of new insight, but in general, a bit of a stretch."

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goodreads rating 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Mar 23, 2009
By Sari, Carson City, NV

"Spirituality Religion"

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