Belonging in Genesis : biblical Israel and the politics of identity formation - Mbuvi, Amanda Beckenstein, 1976- (Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2016)
Playing by different rules: reading Genesis through its deferrals -- (Un)conventional Genesis: two ways of reading identity and the divine word -- Family storytelling: the relationship between Genesis and its readers -- The theology of genealogy: a boundary breaking foundation for identity -- The social ladder and the family tree: competing approaches to structuring identity -- Fruitfulness: the emergence of a new identity beyond insider/outsider dichotomies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Identification (Religion) -- Biblical teaching; Families -- Biblical teaching