Eerdword, the Eerdman's blog just posted something by Joy Schroeder on her book
The Book of Genesis, a new volume in
The Bible in Medieval Tradition series. Schroeder has translated major excerpts from seven different medieval Christian commentators on the Book of Genesis, many (most?) of which have not been published in English translation before.
Be sure to check out her post
by clicking here, and consider buying the book! It appears to be available in Kindle edition now and paperback at the end of the month.
As someone who studies the interpretation of Genesis in ancient Judaism, I am very excited to take a look at this resource and get a better sense of how the book was interpreted by medieval Christians. The history of interpretation is fascinating in its own right, but it also gives us important and often revealing insights into our own modern assumptions about text, meaning, and interpretation.
Some other works that also take us into the world of the historical interpretation of Genesis:
Inheriting Abraham: The Legacy of the Patriarch in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, by Jon D. Levenson.
The Bible as it Was, by James Kugel.
In Potiphar's House: The Interpretive Life of Biblical Texts, by James Kugel.
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