Publisher's Synopsis
Genesis, Moses, and the Tradition of Faith is a conservative, Evangelical, Christian study that breaks new ground in the arena of Old Testament Studies. Many professors in the field apply "left brained" skills to Genesis like linguistics and surveys of the academic field. Others present positions that are a century old as if those perspectives were current research. Others stress practical applications of the Genesis text. These are valid and important approaches to Genesis, but they miss something important. Genesis, Moses, and the Tradition of Faith addresses an important gap in the discussion. This book applies research commonly used at the university level to a conservative interpretation of Scripture. The book does not try to prove that Genesis is true. It tries to demonstrate that confidence in the Genesis historical account is credible if both Genesis and the historical evidence are understood properly. This book is intended to show young Christians in public universities how to defend and preserve their faith in arenas that are often hostel to faith in the biblical text.
