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| In the beginning god created the heavens and the earth. Now was formless and empty, darkness covered everything, and the spirit of God floated over the waters. And God said "Let there be light." light came into being |
| Noble god of the first occasion, who built people and gave birth to the gods original one who made it possible for all to live in whose heart it was spoken, who saw them evolve who foretold who thought of what is. ---from a Ramesside stela |
| Genesis the Book of Beginnings has these themes: Creation: God created the world. "it was very good." there was wholeness and harmony between God and there was also harmony within humanity and also between humans and nature. Sin: sin entered through the choice by Adam to eat the apple, Unbelief, Human Conflict, Illness and Natural Degradation are the consequences. The Image Of God: Every human is created in the image of God. every person has God's Likeness as a Rational, Creative and Moral being. Men and Women are equal in the eyes of God. God's Plan For Redemption: Though God chose to work through one specific cultural group in the Old Testament it was always his plan that all peoples would come to know him through Abrahams descendants, Abraham was chosen by God because of his faith, making Abraham the father of all who express faith in God. |
| A person in the ancient Near East could claim the rights to a well that was on someone else's property The bride price paid by the grooms family was held in trust in order to provide for the wife in case she was abandoned or widowed A mans Seal, Cord and Staff were proof of his individual and corporate identity basically the ancient equivalent of an ID Card. Both the Egyptians and the Babylonian compiled books of dreams which contained sample dreams to help with dream interpretation. The philosophy behind the practice of embalming was a belief that the body needed to be preserved for use in the after kife |
| Not how quickly humankind turned their backs on perfect union with God. And how God reacted. then through the unusual of a childless patriarch God began to mold the family from which the Israelites would spring. Study the life of Joseph from his time as a slave to his meteoric rise to power in a foreign land. To the unveiling of his identity to his brothers. Genesis explains how and why the Israelites ended up in Egypt. setting the stage for their eventual departure and what would happen after |
| Genesis records the origins and early beginning of mankind. God not only made the world, he also made mankind, both man and woman in his own image and gave them the gift of free will. changes happened over time. including humans fall from grace which resulted in the great flood. tribes gave rise to cities and cities turned into empires in a cycle that has characterized the entire existence of humanity |
| Genesis records the events of the creation, the fall into sin, and records the stories of Noah Abraham Isaac and Jacob. the stories of Genesis were probably spread among the Israelites orally for a long time before being written down. reminding them of familial and spiritual history as well as explaining their present circumstances. Genesis also preserved the histories of individuals like Joseph. that gave hope to Gods chosen people in enslavement. it also would have given them encouragement. later generations directly involved in the exodus as well as their subsequent descendants would read Genesis to understand this piece of their history. the culmination of God's promises to Abraham. |
| Genesis is essentially an anonymous work historically however its authorship has been attributed to Moses. Howes should be considered more of an editor/compiler than author. All of the events of Genesis in fact occurred long before he was born. indicating that must have used sources. in addition to receiving direct communication from the Divine. he drew together a detailed family history of Abraham and his descendants. there are scholars who doubt that Moses wrote genesis at all. they usually support of the variant theories regarding the authorship of the Pentatuch. If Moses wrote or compiled the Pentatuch he probably, did it during Israel's wanderings in the desert. we will get into this more later when we discuss the various theories regarding the exact date of the exoddus. Some scholars suggest that the Pentatuch was mor likely written during the Babylonian exile around 550 BCE |
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