we inhale a sweet and pleasant fragrance from herbs and flowers,” he writes in his Commentary on Genesis. Calvin says that Moses—traditionally understood to be the author of the Bible’s first five ...

Rowan Williams is the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Reading Genesis is published by Virago at £25. To order your copy for £19.99,call 0844 871 1514 or visit Telegraph Books %n ...

Of the Flood, she writes: “Turbulence is introduced into the Genesis Creation by human beings, and it is utterly meaningful,” and “humankind is a moral actor in this drama, not simply a ...

The Cambridge Companion to Genesis explores the first book of the Bible, the book that serves as the foundation for the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures. Recognizing its unique position in world history, ...

The authors use narrative evidence and statistical analysis ... Oxford ‘It's hard to know where to begin in praise of The Genesis of Rebellion. For starters, this book represents comparative ...