Book of Genesis heaven and earth". There are four major textual witnesses to the book: the Masoretic Text, the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Septuagint, and fragments of Genesis found at Qumran. The Qumran group provides the oldest manuscripts but covers only a small proportion of the book; in general, the Masoretic Text is well preserved and reliable, but there are many individual instances where the other versions preserve a superior reading. For much of the 20th century most scholars agreed that the five books of the Pentateuch—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy—came from four sources, the Yahwist, the Elohist, the Deuteronomist and the Priestly
The Book of Genesis (comics) girl', which evokes the woman’s subservient status." Chester Brown wrote "Robert Crumb is probably the world's greatest living cartoonist, and his "The Book of Genesis" (2009) might be his masterpiece. It's certainly the best comics adaptation of biblical material that I know of." Brown cited "The Book of Genesis" as an influence on his own biblical graphic novel, "Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus". In 2013 the 'The Book of Genesis' was exhibited at the 55th International Venice Art Biennale. Each page of the graphic novel was individually exhibited in uniformed black frames. The audience was invited to follow