This book demonstrates the freedom and limitation we have in interpreting the book of Genesis. I like that he lists a range of possibilities.

Personally, I could not agree with his conclusion about Genesis 5 (and 11) being a-chronological. A simple reading of them does not give one the impression of anything other than a genealogy and chronology, although he makes a good point a la Warfield, that chronology itself has little or no bearing on theology itself.

Still, the book of Genesis is a fascinating study for me, and I would like to see more writing such as Schaeffer's here which is a great deal more objective than almost anything out there on the book of Genesis. He makes some great points and I am glad that he wrote this booklet. ( )

This book has helped me to think more carefully about the scriptures. What they say and what they don't say. Schaeffer clearly presents the delima of the modern world as it tries to pick apart the scripture, believing the moral parts but not all of the historical parts. It's a slippery road to travel because if one part of scripture is not true, then its claim of authority is false. ( )