Can a seeker understand the Bible?

How is an interested nonbeliever to approach the study of Genesis?

In his commentary on Genesis, The Beginning of Wisdom,

Professor Leon Kass offers an illuminating analogy: the Torah

opens with a text narrated by an unintroduced speaker. Kass likens this to

the moment when God first spoke to Abraham without introducing Himself.

Despite apparently having no prior experience with God, Abraham

listened to this voice and embarked on a journey that ultimately transformed

him and the course of human history. Kass similarly casts himself as

a seeker who hears an unfamiliar commanding voice and chooses to follow

it without knowing who it is or where his journey will lead (16-17).

http://www.traditiononline.org/news/_pdfs/0061-0070.pdf