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"A critical and exegetical commentary on Genesis" by John Skinner is a scholarly biblical commentary written in the early 20th century. It offers a rigorous, historically informed reading of Genesis, combining philology, source criticism, and comparative Ancient Near Eastern studies to clarify the book’s origins, structure, and theology. Skinner frames Genesis as a collection of Hebrew origins shaped by legend and myth, then tests and interprets those traditions against linguistic evidence, archaeology, and literary analysis.
The opening of this volume presents the International Critical Commentary’s aims—international, interconfessional, and strictly critical—outlining methods, audience, and layout. Skinner’s preface surveys earlier English and German work, acknowledges deep indebtedness to Gunkel, affirms the documentary hypothesis (J, E, P), downplays old science-versus-Bible debates, and argues that Genesis preserves legends and myths refined by Israel’s faith; archaeology may cor
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