Several people have asked for a link to all of my work on Genesis 1. Here is a post that I will continue to update as I produce more articles and episodes on the topic.
For a general summary of you my view - see HERE.
VIDEOS:
1. Introduction to Genesis 1
2. Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - INTRODUCTION
3. Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Identifying Allusion
2. Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - INTRODUCTION
3. Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Identifying Allusion
6. Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Egyptian Context
7. Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Distinctives of Genesis 1
8. Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Genesis 1 as Temple Text
8. Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Genesis 1 as Temple Text
1. (Prior version of paper) Flipping the Script: A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1:
2. Podcast Episode response to YEC Jonathan Sarfati on the Literary Framework Model
3. Podcast Episode further explaining the Literary Framework Model
4. Debate with YEC Jason Mullet on Genesis 1
5. Debate Recap of debate with YEC Jason Mullet on Genesis 1
6. Article responding to common YEC arguments
7. Article giving rejoinders to Steve Schramm's objections to my response to common YEC arguments. - Part 1 (For Audio and Video Version, click HERE)
8. Article giving rejoinders to Steve Schramm's objections to my response to common YEC arguments. - Part 2 (For Audio and Video Version, click HERE)
9. Genesis 1 as Temple Text
10. YEC Arguments - TurretinFan Strikes Back (For Audio and Video Version, click HERE)
11. Some Recommendations for my YEC Interlocutors
12. Freedway Thinker #5 - Genesis and Genre
13. Freedway Thinker #16 - Allegory vs Metaphor... Literally!
14. Freedway Thinker #19 - Who Wins - The Bible vs Science?
Well argued! The Bible connects decision-making with the heart, kidneys, and bowels. One might add that the Bible also claims, “The life is in the blood.” But the most essential aspects of one’s life (i.e., one’s sensations, personality and memories) are not in one’s blood but in one’s brain and nervous system. https://edward-t-babinski.blogspot.com/1993/02/bible-and-brain.html
ReplyDeleteAlso, the “breath of life” was a common concept in the Ancient Near East found in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, even Greece. The ancients often used the same word for breath/wind/spirit. It was not known back then what wind, breath or air was. The wind was like invisible power that moves things—quite a mystery to the ancients, something they considered a divine mystery. Hindus even today consider deep breathing a means of ingesting spiritual energy. The invisible air, wind, breath, was considered a miraculous force. Today we consider it simply the oxygen molecule, and most of us no longer confuse respiration with inspiration. Nor do meteorologists study or predict the weather based on God personally directing the clouds or Lightning’s to curse or bless people.
Ruach (Hebrew) = breath, wind, spirit
God’s ruach swept over the waters in Genesis 1.
God’s ruach (exiting from His “nostrils”) separated the waters when the Israelites crossed the Red Sea.
Speaking of additional gross biblical imagery, the Israelites viewed the primary abode of their national deity as lying literally above their heads. Indeed, ”The Lord smelled the soothing aroma” of burnt sacrifices, presumably wafting upward toward His sky palace (Gen. 8:21; Ex. 29:18; Lev. 1:17, 3:5; Num. 15:13,24; 29:28).
This was “food” for the deity.
“Countless texts from every period describe YHWH’s sacrifices as food. The altar itself is called the sulhan YHWH, ‘the table of YHWH.’ The sacrifices can be called lehem YHWH, ‘YHWH’s food.’ The aroma of the burnt offerings is said to be reah nihoah le-YHWH, ‘a sweet savor to YHWH.’ A common offering type consists of bread, oil and wine (Num 15.1-12; Ex 29.40), the common elements of a meal in the biblical period. Bread and wine are described as elements which gladden the hearts of gods and people (Jg 9/9,13; Hos 9/14). We should also mention the visits of divine messengers who regularly partake of sacrificial meals. And… these terms are freely introduced into all genres of Israel’s literature in almost all periods.
“The apologetic tendency on the part of modern biblical scholars has made several aspects of biblical religion difficult to appreciate. One prominent example is the restoration programs of Haggai and Zechariah. If one assumes that the distinctive aspect of Israelite cultic life is its intent to eschew all vestiges of Canaanite fertility practice, then what does one do with a theological program which quite consciously and explicitly identifies Temple building with renewed vigor of the land? This restoration program has been somewhat of an embarrassment for biblical scholars who use Canaanite materials for apologetic reasons.” [Gary A. Anderson, Sacrifices and Offerings in Ancient Israel (Harvard Semitic Museum, Harvard Semitic Monographs, Number 41, 1987). Excerpts from pgs. 14 & 15]
Since it is the first book in the canon, it might be best to first exhaust all the information contained in the immediate context before going any further.
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