Here is as exhaustive a list as I could make of all the sources and influences that I considered as I wrote my notes and prepared my messages on Genesis.
My desire is to be transparent in my teaching, as well as give a tool for study for anyone who would like to go further.
I will update this as frequently as I am able, as I discover new sources. I will also add links within a few weeks.
Please do not consider every listing to be an equal recommendation. I will soon add reviews of each source to clarify how helpful they were to me, and whether or not I would recommend them to others.
Resources are listed from greatest to least influence.
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NIV Bible
1984
NIV Application Commentary – Genesis
by John H. Walton
2001
Course – The Book of Genesis
Taught by Gary A. Rendsburg Ph.D.
Rutgers University
This was a DVD series of 24 lectures on the book of Genesis. It came with a book of transcripts of the lectures. Some lectures I read instead of watched.
The Lost World of Genesis One
by John H. Walton
2009
The Book of Genesis Illustrated
(Robert Alter)
By R. Crumb
2009
Robert Alter’s Translation of Genesis
1996
Good Book:
The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
By David Plotz
2009
Jesus in Genesis
(commentary on KJV)
(note – this book is very bad and I would not recommend it to anyone at anytime for any reason)
NIV Study Bible
1985, 2008
ESV Study Bible
2009
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture Genesis 12-50
Edited by Mark Sheridan
A collection of commentary by ancient church fathers on patriarchal history
2002 (writings collected from the first 5 centuries CE)
Enuma Elish (Enûma Eliš)
The Babylonian Epic of Creation
1100-1800 BCE
Translated by L.W. King
1902
Epic of Gilgamesh
2150-2000 BCE
Translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs
1985, 1989
Paradise Lost
By John Milton
1667
Fear and Trembling
by Soren Kierkegaard
1843
Augustine’s Confessions
398 CE
Translated by Garry Wills
2006
Magazine – Creation.com Volume 33 No. 2
2011
The Complete Bible Answer Book
by Hank Hanegraaff
2008
TV – The Colbert Report
Stephen Colbert and the Chaplain of the Colbert Nation, Reverend James Martin
April 10, 6min35sec – 12:09
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2011/08/stephen-colbert-god-job-performance/1
2011
Children’s Book - Noah and the Great Flood
by Mordicai Gerste
1999
History of the Arabs – 10th edition
Philip Hitti
2002
