Mark Brett places the first book of the Bible firmly within its sociopolitical context. He argues that it can be read as resistance literature and that the editors of Genesis^ were directly engaged with contemporary issues.
Mark Brett places the first book of the Bible firmly within its sociopolitical context. He argues that it can be read as resistance literature and that the editors of Genesis^ were directly engaged with contemporary issues.
The book offers a comprehensive critique of the canonical approach as developed by Brevard Childs, and places this in the setting of discussions in literary theory and 'postmodern' theology.