Tag: Genesis
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Adam, OT, & Judaism
Storied Theology: Adam, OT, & Judaism Daniel Kirk It seems that I am ever hearing about the relative unimportance of Adam as a determining figure in non-Christian Judaism: Adam is only mentioned outside of Genesis 1-4 in genealogies; there is no “fall” per se in the Hebrew Bible; Christians make a lot of Adam because…
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Stewardship and the Human Vocation to Work
Acton PowerBlog: Stewardship and the Human Vocation to Work Gregory Jensen … We also hear in Genesis the divine command to our First Parents to “be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it” (Gn 1:28). This refers not simply to procreation, to the begetting and raising of children in marriage, it also has…
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The Book of Genesis, part 2: In the beginning
Guardian: The Book of Genesis, part 2: In the beginning Jane Williams In the beginning, Genesis was not a book, or even part of a book. We are so used to the ease and convenience of printing that it is hard always to remember the processes that lay behind books as ancient as the Bible.…
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Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters, Part II
Science and the Sacred: Genesis, Creation, and Ancient Interpreters, Part II Peter Enns We saw last week that wisdom was represented as a woman in Proverbs. (We looked at Proverbs 8:22-31, but you can see it almost anywhere in Proverbs 1-9.) This is called “personification,” i.e., when human traits are given to something abstract to…
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Gilgamesh, Atrahasis, and the Flood, Part 3
Science and the Sacred: Gilgamesh, Atrahasis, and the Flood, Part 3 … It is virtually certain that one or more local floods in Mesopotamia—perhaps around 3000 B.C. according to some scholars—provide the historical basis for all the flood stories that come from that area. But the geological record, at least as interpreted by mainstream scientists,…
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Gilgamesh, Atrahasis, and the Flood
Science and the Sacred: Gilgamesh, Atrahasis, and the Flood Peter Enns The biblical flood story (Genesis 6-9) has certainly taken a beating over the last two or three centuries. The problems began in earnest once geologists realized that a literal submersion of the entire earth in water is contradicted by clear scientific evidence. Then, beginning…
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CS Lewis: Outside the Pale? (RJS)
Jesus Creed: CS Lewis: Outside the Pale? (RJS) … One of the comments on the last post noted that Augustine's view of the doctrine of original sin, causes the most significant conflict for many of us today. This came up again in an e-mail I received dealing with the doctrines of Adam, Eve, and Original…
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Prosperity: Shalom Lost
Clearly, shalom does not prevail in the world today. That brings us to the portion of the biblical narrative that follows Genesis 2. Genesis 3 tells us how shalom was lost. A serpent engaged Eve in conversation, asking her if God really said she may not eat from any tree in the garden (knowing full…
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Prosperity: Shalom
What do we mean by the word shalom? We typically equate shalom with the English word "peace." Unfortunately, we often insufficiently equate peace to the absence of war or anxiety. Shalom means so much more. Here are just a few ways shalom is used in the Old Testament. The words representing shalom are in bold.…
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Household: “Head” in 1 Corinthians 11 (Part 2)
We pick up now with the rest of the passage following 1 Corinthians 11:3: But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband (or man) is the head of his wife (woman), and God is the head of Christ. I've said that "head" here functions as "origin."…