Genesis, chapters one and two, present two accounts of creation. Many critics of the Bible (often, atheists) assume that they are contradictory. But there are many factors involved in interpreting ...

One of the lesser-known facts about Genesis 1-2:4a, the story of the seven days of creation, is that it was written in response to a disaster. Judah, the southern kingdom of the Israelite people ...

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Similarly, Origen (185-254) says the Genesis account of creation "enshrines certain deeper truths than the mere historical narrative . . . and contains a spiritual meaning almost throughout, using the ...

Genesis 1:24-2:3 Last week, we left off with Days 6 and 7 of creation. Those two days are unique from the rest of the creative events cataloged in Genesis 1 and so deserve special consideration.

Genesis was meant to be read as literal history, creation out of nothing in six 24-hour days. From the extensive genealogies in Genesis 5, Genesis 11, 1 Chronicles 1-8 and Luke 3:23-38, we can ...

Like America, Genesis has 2 creation stories. Simchat Torah renews our ability to tell them both As Jews we learn to live with the contradictions that sometimes haunt us.

The rationale of the brief biblical creation narrative we read in Genesis may be to teach us that its goal reached -- on its ...