In a new book on Genesis, Gary A. Anderson focuses not on the textual origin of the story—the customary focus of historical-critical study—but on how the story has been received and retold, ...

Old Testament scholar John Walton affirms a historical Adam—but says there are far more important dimensions to Genesis. In recent years, John Walton, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, ...

"Humans cannot live without stories," writes Stephen Greenblatt in his new book, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve. "We surround ourselves with them; we make them up in our sleep; we tell them to our ...