Not how quickly humankind turned their backs on perfect union with God. And how God reacted. then through the unusual of a childless patriarch God began to mold the family from which the Israelites would spring. Study the life of Joseph from his time as a slave to his meteoric rise to power in a foreign land. To the unveiling of his identity to his brothers. Genesis explains how and why the Israelites ended up in Egypt. setting the stage for their eventual departure and what would happen after
Genesis records the origins and early beginning of mankind. God not only made the world, he also made mankind, both man and woman in his own image and gave them the gift of free will. changes happened over time. including humans fall from grace which resulted in the great flood. tribes gave rise to cities and cities turned into empires in a cycle that has characterized the entire existence of humanity
Genesis records the events of the creation, the fall into sin, and records the stories of Noah Abraham Isaac and Jacob. the stories of Genesis were probably spread among the Israelites orally for a long time before being written down. reminding them of familial and spiritual history as well as explaining their present circumstances. Genesis also preserved the histories of individuals like Joseph. that gave hope to Gods chosen people in enslavement. it also would have given them encouragement. later generations directly involved in the exodus as well as their subsequent descendants would read Genesis to understand this piece of their history. the culmination of God's promises to Abraham.
Genesis is essentially an anonymous work historically however its authorship has been attributed to Moses. Howes should be considered more of an editor/compiler than author. All of the events of Genesis in fact occurred long before he was born. indicating that must have used sources. in addition to receiving direct communication from the Divine. he drew together a detailed family history of Abraham and his descendants.
there are scholars who doubt that Moses wrote genesis at all. they usually support of the variant theories regarding the authorship of the Pentatuch.
If Moses wrote or compiled the Pentatuch he probably, did it during Israel's wanderings in the desert. we will get into this more later when we discuss the various theories regarding the exact date of the exoddus.
Some scholars suggest that the Pentatuch was mor likely written during the Babylonian exile around 550 BCE
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