Genesis (Geneva Commentaries) BPC22-RHB Calvin intended the Institutes to

Calvin intended the Institutes to be a guide in reading Scripture and a theological companion to his commentaries

Weaving together biography and theology

The Bible's sixty-six books form one overarching storythe story of a Hero and his heroic missions

in the image of God he created him

Simonetta Carr teaches what life was like in medieval Western Europe

Genesis (Geneva Commentaries) BPC22-RHB Calvin intended the Institutes toBecause Calvin was a sound exegete, little of what he wrote is dated. Although his treatment of the early chapters is thorough, it is not disproportionate, and the later narratives concerning Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph are not passed over hastily. Indeed, Calvin excels in bringing out the principles of Gods dealings with men, as individuals and in covenant, and in showing faithfully yet tenderly the human weakness and sin all too evident