Tracing the reception history of various Biblical texts has become something of a cottage industry in the past couple of decades. But few practitioners of this craft have the ability to use this rich and voluminous material in a way that makes one a better reader of the Biblical original. Bradley Gregory has both the literary sensitivity and theological insight to make this happen. Happy the reader who takes the time to pore over this marvelous book!

Gary Anderson, University of Notre Dame, USA

Bradley Gregory offers readers a richly textured commentary on Genesis 1–11. In this well researched volume, he shows the diverse-and sometimes surprising-ways that Jewish, Christian, and Muslim readers through the ages engaged the first book of the Bible.

Joy A. Schroeder, Capital University, USA

Dr. Bradley Gregory is that rare biblical scholar who goes to the trouble of keeping up with the work of specialists outside of his field, and the result is that works such as this one, in which he traces the reception of Genesis 1-11 down through the centuries by Christian, Jewish, and Muslim interpreters, are not only actually trustworthy but up-to-date. This is by far the best general reception history for Genesis ever published.

Mark Clark, Catholic University of America, USA