Introduction to the Course – Study Guide, Additional Resources

Recommended Reading:

• Nahum M. Sarna, Understanding Genesis (New York: Schocken, 1966), xvii-xxx.
• Ronald Hendel, The Book of Genesis: A Biography (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013).

Articles: (click to view)

• “Genesis | Old Testament” by Encyclopaedia Britannica
• “Genesis 1-11” by The Bible Project
• “Genesis 12-50” by The Bible Project

Lectures: (click to view)

• YDS Old Testament Interpretation, Part 1 – Lecture 4 (Genesis 1-11), by Robert Wilson

Videos: (click to view)

• YBS Book of Genesis study with Professor Joel Baden, Week 1 – full lecture
• Traditions Inform Translation, Dr. Joel S. Baden
• The Leningrad Codex, Dr. Joel S. Baden
• The Dead Sea Scrolls, Dr. Joel S. Baden
• The Biblical Authors, Dr. Joel S. Baden
• The Bible is a Library, Dr. Joel S. Baden