Genesis
Author: Moses
Date Written: 1440 – 1400 BC
Literary Genre: Historical Narrative, Myth
Settings:
- Chapters 1-11: the primeval history
- Mesopotamia: Garden of Eden,Tower of Babel, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Egypt
- Chapters 12-50: the patriarchal history
- Land of Canaan (“The Promised Land”)
Key People
- Adam & Eve
- Cain & Abel
- Noah
- Abram / Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob / Israel
- Moses
- Joseph
Honorable Mention People
- Enoch
- Melchizedek
- Lot