In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God ...

In her 2009 monograph on cognitive linguistics for Biblical Studies Ellen Van Wolde argues that the verb אדב means "to separate" rather than the traditional understanding "to create." This ...

We won’t achieve perfect unanimity on every contested topic. Not long ago a pastor friend called, asking for help. “I’m preaching through Genesis 1–11,” he said, “and I need some advice on the whole ...

We can humbly seek their wisdom without treating them as mascots for one position or another. Through that process, I became personally (and painfully) aware of how heated Genesis 1 controversies ...

In Genesis 2, some people think that the story goes on to give more detail about the creation of humans, seen as two individuals, Adam and Eve. Many Christians do not believe this story to be true in ...

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