"Genesis 1-4" By C. John Collins. A Review
Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary C. John Collins P&R Publishing Company P.O. Box 817 Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 www.prpbooks.com ISBN: 9780875526195; 2006; $17.99 Within the Christian family, there are corners where spats and squabbles quickly erupt around several hot issues, one of which is about origins and the opening chapters of Genesis. C. John “Jack” Collins, professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary, accomplished author, Old Testament chair on the translation committee for the English Standard Version of the Bible and Old Testament Editor for the ESV Study Bible, has several times waded into these roiling waters. In 2006 he masterfully tackled the opening chapters of the Pentateuch in his 336 page paperback “Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary” where he did the necessary grunt work of hammering out a discourse analysis approach of these four seminal chapters. The material is academic,...