title: Genesis 1-11: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible)
author: Barry Bandstra
description: "Finally - a guide that introduces the principles of functional linguistics not in theory but in practice! Clear definitions and analytical instruments enable students of the Hebrew bible to understand the construction of every clause, the cohesion in every textual unit, their interactive processes and communicative functions. The instructive and step-by-step analyses are simple and insightful, especially when some interpretative or evaluative elements are added. Thus guided by a knowledgeable and inspiring teacher, one feels challenged to employ these tools oneself."Ellen van Wolde, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
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  GENESIS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE PRIME SOURCE for the biblical verses quoted in The Twelfth Planet is the
  Old Testament in its original Hebrew text. It
  
  
  must be borne in mind that all the translations consulted of which the
  principal ones are listed at the end of the book - are just
  
  
  that: translations or interpretations. In the final analysis, what counts is
  what the original Hebrew says.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In the final version quoted in The Twelfth Planet, I have compared the
  available translations against each other and against the
  
  
  Hebrew source and the parallel Sumerian and Akkadian texts/tales, to come up
  with what I believe is the most accurate
  
  
  rendering.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  The rendering of Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Hittite texts has engaged
  a legion of scholars for more than a century.
  
  
  Decipherment of script and language was followed by transcribing,
  
  
  transliterating, and finally, translating. In many instances,
  
  
  it
  
  
  was possible to choose between differing tran