C. A. Strine

Interludes and Irony in the Ancestral Narrative

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Jonathan Kruschwitz weaves together a discerning reading of Genesis with a winsome knowledge of music composition in order to explain how the stories about Hagar, Dinah, and Tamar offer an ironic view on the most important themes in the ancestral narrative. Kruschwitz’s skilled readings helpfully challenge received ideas, invite the reader to their own fresh engagement with familiar texts, and demonstrate the power of a critically informed, interdisciplinary hermeneutic.”