God's Word, though addressed to us here and now, was given through the mouths of men who lived centuries before our time. Accordingly, two tasks are imposed upon the commentator. First, he must show, with the aid of every resource of biblical scholarship, how the divine message was received and understood by the original hearers long ago: and therefore we have tried to sum up as concisely as possible just so much of the critical, historical and literary discoveries of modern Old Testament research as is essential for a truly historical understanding of Genesis[Bible] And secondly, he must show how the ancient truth of Genesis is to be received to-day in an age which, not surprisingly, tends to look to modern science for an account of the world and of man, their beginning and their possibilities: and therefore we have tried in the Introduction to describe the nature of religious truth, such as is given to us in the parable of Genesis, and to show how it differs from and does not conflict with scientific truth. In this way, it is hoped that the difficulties and misconceptions which arise for the ordinary reader when he turns to the opening pages of the Bible Will be removed.
Preface to Genesis 1-11 The Creations Stores and the Modern World View
Torch Bible Paperbacks London 1969
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