Ancient Records and the Structure of Genesis (P.J. Wiseman)

For centuries, Biblical scholars have attempted to piece together the sources and documents that went into the Pentateuch's composition. In the process, the authorship of the book of Genesis has become a controversial topic. In Ancient Records and the Structure of Genesis, P. J. Wiseman aruges that the literary study of genesis should begin with sources that were available to its author. He presents often overlooked evidence from genealogies inscribed on Mesopotamian tablets which, taken together, form a pattern paralleled in the Hebrew bible. In so doing, Wiseman challenges theories that fragment Genesis into a series of documents strung together long after the times of Moses and the exile of Israel.