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March 7, 2024

The Unabashed Traditionalism of Marilynne Robinson’s Bible Commentary

“And it was good.”

The great American writer Marilynne Robinson’s novels and essays are deeply informed by her Christian faith, so it is perhaps no surprise that she has written a commentary on Genesis. In his review, Philip Bunn notes Robinson’s unapologetic embrace of a traditional approach to the Bible, which one might not expect in a work aimed at a broad audience that does not share her religious commitments or her particular brand of Calvinism:

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