There are few parts of Scripture over which so many battles have been fought, theological, scientific, historical and literary, as the book of Genesis - and a commentary on it can disappear into the controversies.

In this classic work Derek Kidner provides verse-by-verse exegesis and handles the hard questions lucidly, while keeping the focus on studying Genesis on its own terms as a living whole. He draws out the theological themes of the nature of God, of humankind and of salvation, and the clarity of his prose is why the volume, formerly part of the Tyndale series, has been kept in print on its own.