"Genesis Unbound is a startlingly refreshing and innovative interpretation of the text of Genesis 1-2. It is an altogether new way of seeing the much needed rapprochement between the young and old earth Bible believers. Not everyone will adopt all of the features of this reverent treatment of the text, but all will find plenty to challenge their thinking in areas that they might have previously thought were consistent with the biblical text. This volume will be Liked about for years to come."

"In many ways traditional or classical in his approach, Sailhamer is at the same time innovative and creative (no pun intended). He will force you to rethink your current understanding of the Genesis creation narrative."

"If you think you know what Genesis 1 and 2 say, you may, after reading Genesis Unbound be not a little surprised at what you have missed. Sailhamer, anything but conventional, strips away interpretive barnacles in this careful and stimulating analysis. He is in touch with current scholarship, but he significantly capitalizes on input by commentators from an earlier, pre-scientific period. In Genesis Unbound he proposes that all but the first verse of Genesis I and 2 have to do with God preparing the land of Palestine for Israel. Sound far-fetched? Follow the clues in the text and Sailhamer's arguments. Compelling? More so than one might first think. This is a work by an author unbound except for being intent on listening to the biblical text. Sailhamer has so focused on the text itself that his work must be taken seriously. Here is a refreshing visit to a fundamental scripture by an evangelical scholar of stature."

"Many book titles promise more than they can deliver. Genesis unbound however, yields more than first meets the eye. Not only is the reader furnished a provocative new interpretation of Genesis 1 and 2, but he is treated to a lesson in hermeneutical exercise. Professor Sailhamer invites us to think carefully through these creation accounts in the full light of their grammatical, historical, and cultural, literary, and theological content) as so that through the text we may understand what the original author intended his readers to know. All of this is presented in a lucid and lively style that is sure to stimulate today's readers to examine their own previous approaches to these crucial chapters."

"Genesis Unbound represents a fresh and provocative challenge to traditional, classical, and popular understanding of the first two chapters of the Bible by one of today's foremost evangelical authorities on the Book of Genesis. Dr. Sailhamer's conclusions are based upon a detailed analysis of the biblical text and a thorough understanding of the history of its interpretation. But the structure and style of presentation are deliberately geared to lay readers. All who wrestle with the perplexing questions raised by the biblical account of creation will welcome this study by a scholar with an uncompromisingly high view of Scripture."