A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Genesis 1 as Temple Text

 

In this video I get to the heart of the paper  and show how the genre of Genesis account of creation is best understood as an ANE Temple Text and used used for a polemical purpose to glorify and exalt YHWH as the only true God and Creator. 

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A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Distinctives of Genesis 1

In this short episode I discuss just some of the ways that the author of Genesis uses distinctives and differences to drive their polemical point. 

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A Historical-Grammatical and Polemical Reading of Genesis 1 - Literary Structure

 

Continuing on with my paper dealing with Genesis 1, we explore the literary structure of Genesis 1 as well as some textual indicators for why the author developed it as they did. Here is a chart referenced in the episode:

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