The Legends of Genesis
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 |
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Play 01 | Chapter 1 - The Significance and Scope of the Legends | JoeD |
00:25:12 |
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 |