Genesis and the gendered world / Philip R. Davies -- Facing the earth : primaeval history in a new perspective / Ellen Van Wolde -- Postmodernizing Eve and Adam : Can I have my apricot as well as eating it? / John Goldingay -- Hagar : a woman with an attitude / Nina Rulon-Miller -- The woman of their dreams : the image of Rebekah in Genesis 24 / Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher -- Genesis 38 : structure and literary design / Anthony J. Lambe -- The matriarchal groupings of the tribal eponyms : a reappraisal / Rafael Frankel -- A crux and a taunt : night-time then sunset in Genesis 13 / Scott B. Noegel -- Parataxis, rhetorical structure, and the dialogue over Sodom in Genesis 18 / Jack R. Lundbom -- The place of Ishmael / John Goldingay -- The determination of Pharaoh : his characterization in the Joseph story (Genesis 37-50) / Barbara Green