It is sometimes claimed that the idea that God created the world with apparent age makes God deceptive. He creates a Young earth and yet gives it the appearance of a world that appears as if the world is billions … Continue reading Creation and Deception
Here is a random collection of articles on the topic of Genesis 1-3. Steve Hays: Introduction to Genesis Is Genesis preexilic? From first day to fourth day Very good East of Eden The Fall Cain & Abel Change in the … Continue reading The Creation Account
Here are a few links presenting the position that Genesis 1 is teaching creation from nothing. Dr. Vern Poythress: Genesis 1 Triablogue: Does Gen 1 teach creation ex nihilo? The days of creation Vocalization and Genesis 1:1 Continue reading Creation Ex Nihilo and Genesis 1
I asked a question over at T-blog and someone gave a nice response on an issue regarding Genesis 1:1-2. Here was my question: Doesn’t the vocalization of the Hebrew of Genesis 1:1 being בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית and not לָרֵאשִׁ֣ית give more credence to it being “When God began”? JeremiahZ9 responded: The short answer is no. I wish scholars would be a bit more careful and honest. Reshit is a noun whose semantic range is quite often inherently definite. When you are talking about “a beginning” it is always “the beginning” of something. In fact, reshit only occurs vocalized with an article once … Continue reading Vocalization and Genesis 1:1
The view that looks most promising to me about the tree of life is that it wasn’t some magical tree that supplied immortality. The tree of life is apparently some kind of sacrament (that is, there is no reason to believe it is magical) that would confirm the man in his moral condition: hence he needed to gain (or retain) access to it by obedience and would have been rewarded by being confirmed in holiness forever. This is why God does not want him to have it after his sin (Gen. 3:22): he would then be confirmed in his sinfulness … Continue reading Tree of Life
Does Genesis 1 and 2 contradict each other? Answering that question is Michael J. Kruger. Here is his article. Continue reading An Understanding of Genesis 2:5
Dealing with the Genre of Genesis and its Opening Chapters Three Modern Myths in Interpreting Genesis CORRELATIONS WITH PROVIDENCE IN GENESIS 1 RAIN WATER VERSUS A HEAVENLY SEAIN GENESIS 1:6–8 Genesis 1:1 Is the First Event, Not a Summary Material vs Functional The framework hypothesis Continue reading Poythress on interpreting Genesis 1
Here is the exchange between Dr. Poythress and Dr. Walton that occurred after Dr. Poythress reviewed Dr. Walton’s book. I think Poythress was right. Appearances Matter by Poythress Walton responds Poythress responds Continue reading Walton vs Poythress
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