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Making Sense of Creation and Fall by Vern S. Poythress
P&R Publishing

Making Sense of Creation and Fall

How Themes in Genesis 1–3 Help Us Understand the Bible, God, and Ourselves

Vern S. Poythress

P&R Publishing · Biblical Theology
Published April 2026 · ISBN 9798887792705

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About this book

A guided reading of Genesis 1–3, tracing how its themes reach across the whole Bible to help us understand Scripture, God, and ourselves.

About the author. Vern S. Poythress (MLitt, University of Cambridge; PhD, Harvard University; DTh, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) is distinguished professor of New Testament, biblical interpretation, and systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He has authored books on a wide range of topics; his works include Symphonic Theology, Theophany, and The Mystery of the Trinity.

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