The Legends of Genesis

Hermann Gunkel (1862 - 1932)
Translated by William Herbert Carruth (1859 - 1924)

The Legends of Genesis is the English translation of the introduction to Gunkel’s massive commentary, Genesis. Gunkel uses form critical analysis on the text of Genesis to determine the various genres of the biblical legends and their significance to the authors. Gunkel also uses form criticism to uncover buried clues as to the constituent sources of the text. Gunkel offers his hypothesis to explain how the various sources came to be combined and redacted, and how the text later came to be attributed to Moses. (Summary by JoeD)

Genre(s): Literary Criticism, Religion

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1 - The Significance and Scope of the Legends JoeD
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Play 02 Chapter 2 - The Varieties of the Legends JoeD
00:53:36
Play 03 Chapter 3 Part 1 - The Literary Form of the Legends JoeD
00:40:33
Play 04 Chapter 3 Part 2 - The Literary Form of the Legends JoeD
00:34:13
Play 05 Chapter 3 Part 3 - The Literary Form of the Legends JoeD
00:39:45
Play 06 Chapter 4 Part 1 - History of the Development of the Legends in Oral Tradition JoeD
00:37:47
Play 07 Chapter 4 Part 2 - History of the Development of the Legends in Oral Tradition JoeD
00:39:05
Play 08 Chapter 5 - Jahvist, Elohist, Jehovist, Later Collections JoeD
00:48:59
Play 09 Chapter 6 - Priestly Codex and Final Redaction JoeD
00:35:48