This book presents the development of a theological reading strategy in conversation with contemporary hermeneutical theories. Using that as a model, Gen 1-11 is read as a unified text refracted through the prism of textuality from a canonical approach.

Situating the Thesis · Contemporary Hermeneutics · The Hermeneutics of Reading · Towards a Theological Reading · Narrativity and Historiography · The Creation · Adam and Eve · Cain and Abel · Noah and the Flood · The Tower of Babel · Gen 1-11 and the Old Testament · A Theology of Gen 1-11 · Contemporary Significance of the Text · Conclusion