The first book of the Bible is a book of mystery and humanity -- of the origins of time, of life, and of relationships between individuals and between God and his creatures. Now the story of Genesis is told as you've never heard it before -- with exciting detail and passionate energy. Reading like a historical novel, "The Book of Genesis" dramatizes the sweep of biblical events, making the men and women of this ancient book come alive in vivid detail and dialogue.History and fact take on personality and warmth. Master storyteller Walter Wangerin Jr. shows you human faces and hearts Abraham raising the knife over his son Isaac on Mount Moriah; Rebekah, smiling at the thought of the child in her womb; Joseph in Egyptian splendor, weeping for joy as he reconciles with his brothers.In this remarkable excerpt from his best-selling Book of God, Wangerin helps you understand what it was like for each person to be caught up in the events of a particular time and place -- a time and place where the eternal God reached out and touched ordinary men and women.