Genesis: An Introduction And Commentary

by Andrew E. Steinmann

Genesis is a book of of the world, of sin, of God's promise of redemption, and of the people of Israel. It traces God's pledge to send a Saviour through Abraham's line down to his great-grandson Judah. It is foundational for the New Testament and its teaching that Jesus is the fulfilment of God's promise to save humankind from sin and death. Andrew Steinmann's thorough exegetical commentary includes a reconstructed timeline of events from Abraham's life through to the death of Joseph.

496 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2019

About the author

Andrew Steinmann is Distinguished Professor of Theology and Hebrew at Concordia University Chicago where he has taught since 2001. Dr. Steinmann holds a PhD from the University of Michigan and is an ordained pastor in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Dr. Steinmann's publications include over 75 articles and book reviews in national and international peer-reviewed scholarly journals and festschriften. In addition, he is a regular guest on the radio program Issues, Etc.

In September 2011 he was named to the Translation Oversight Committee for the Christian Standard Bible. His publisher is Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis through whom he has published and collaborated on more than 10 books and other material. He is currently working on a new commentary on Esther to the new Christian Standard Commentary series published by Holman.

Dr. Steinmann is married to Rebecca Steinmann, the co-editor of the sixth edition of the widely used Sheehy's Emergency Nursing: Principles and Practice (Mosby Elsivier, 2010) and a contributor to Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course: Provider Manual (Third ed.; Des Plains, IL: Emergency Nurses Association, 2004), AACN Procedure Manual for Pediatric Acute and Critical Care (St. Louis: Saunders Elsivier, 2008) and Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum (Seventh ed.; Elsivier, 2018). They and their cat Lightning live in suburban Chicago where they enjoy birding and cultural events, especially the Lyric Opera.

Reviews

[Gabriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book taught and showed me so much about Genesis that I would not have picked up just by reading Genesis on my own. The author does not sermonise (save for how he ends his commentary), but very faithfully explain the verses and provide reasons for why certain persons behaved the way they did in the context of that day.

[Ryan Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has aided me immensely in understanding Genesis, as it gives a section-by-section (and sometimes verse-by-verse when necessary) detailed analysis, while not overlooking the great thematic elements on a more macro level.