Karen Armstrong <br/><br/>
In the beginning : a new interpretation of Genesis 

 - New York  Ballantine Books   1997. 
 - 195 
<br/><br/> Presents a new interpretation of the stories of Genesis, explaining how these ancient tales illuminate the human quest for meaning and the struggle between good and evil. 
<br/><br/>	Wrestling with God and scripture --Beginnings --Creation -<br/>An initial complexity --Blessing --Fact or fiction? --Separation --<br/>Knowledge --The possibility of evil --Sin and curse --<br/>Cain and Abel --The "evil inclincation" --The flood --<br/>Noah --The ark --The new Adam --The tower of Babel --Abraham --Lot --Abraham and Pharaoh --The friend of God --<br/>Family values --Isaac --Rebekah --Jacob and Esau --The blessing of Jacob --Jacob's ladder --A blessing or a curse? --Jacob agonistes --The rape of Dinah --The fall of Jacob --Joseph --Judah and Tamar --Joseph in Egypt --Recognition --<br/>Judah's intervention --A happy ending? --Jacob's blessing --No last word --The book of Genesis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0345406044 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible-Genesis<br/>Criticism, interpretation
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>	222.1106 K145 I  / 23131