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King James Version: Genesis
Primary text for this study. Complete Genesis is included in the chapter reader; original study notes are separate from the biblical text.
References · Reviewed September 4, 2026
References and further reading
Begin with Scripture. Know when a source offers historical evidence, interpretation or illustration.
How evidence is labeled
Explicit in Scripture: directly stated in the cited passage. Textual inference: an argument from the text, with its basis stated. Interpretive view: a reading that other careful readers may dispute. Historical comparison: a real text or object that supplies context. Artistic reconstruction: visual choices that are not themselves evidence.
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Introduction to Genesis
Catholic introduction addressing structure, the ancestors and modern scholarship on composition. Its conclusions are identified as an interpretive perspective.
Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses, RLST 145, lecture 3
Genesis 1-4 in context
University lecture using historical and literary comparison with ancient Near Eastern material.
Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses, RLST 145, lecture 4
Genesis 5-11 and source criticism
Further study of the flood narratives and the historical-critical approach. This is a scholarly model, not a statement made by Genesis itself.
Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses, RLST 145, lecture 5
Critical approaches to Genesis 12-50
Further reading on methods, composition and the ancestral narratives.
T. Desmond Alexander, The Gospel Coalition
Genesis commentary
Evangelical Christian commentary emphasizing the book's literary shape and its place in the wider biblical story. Linked for further study; not reproduced here.
T. Desmond Alexander, The Gospel Coalition
The Pentateuch
A conservative discussion of unity, Mosaic connections and questions about the final form of the five books.
BibleProject
Genesis 1-11 overview
Christian literary overview video, 7 minutes 43 seconds. Opens on the publisher's website.
BibleProject
Genesis 12-50 overview
Christian literary overview video, 8 minutes 8 seconds. Opens on the publisher's website.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object 87.33.21
Cast reconstruction of Babylonian Flood Tablet
A nineteenth-century plaster cast after a seventh-century BCE tablet. Historical comparison, not evidence of a recovered Noah's ark.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object 20.3.11
Model of a Granary with Scribes
From Meketre's tomb, early Dynasty 12, about 1981-1975 BCE. Egyptian material context, not an identified building from Joseph's life.
American Research Center in Egypt
Wooden Funerary Models: A Snapshot in Time?
Explains the funerary purposes of Egyptian models and why their original context matters when using them to understand daily life.
Serge Frolov, TheTorah.com, 2024
In Search of Abraham's Birthplace: Between Urfa and Ur
A scholarly discussion of competing identifications of Ur. Its proposed reconstruction is not treated here as an established itinerary.
Original teaching content: Cinematic Bible Songs, 2026. Scripture references accompany each study unit. The source edition was prepared in English so that subsequent translations can follow a consistent, reviewed structure.