GENESIS

INDEX

THE FIRST ELEVEN CHAPTERS OF GENESIS, THE FIRST BOOK OF THE PENTATEUCH, IS THE FOCUS OF MUCH GRIEF FOR BELIEVERS IN THE MODERN AGE

In this book the beginnings of the history of the Jewish people is covered, which begins officially with Abram in Chapter 12. Prior to Abram Genesis purports to be the history of all life on Earth - important human events being the Creation, Fall, Murder/Alienation, Flood and Tower.

A lot of theology is built on these early chapters because in Chapter 3 the first humans lose their original immortality and become condemned to the hard lives of dirt farmers. On this foundation Saint Paul then builds his understanding of the significance of Jesus, while other writers mention the world-wide Flood of Noah and its analogy with the global destruction they believed was coming very soon when Jesus returned to bring in His Kingdom.

Because some Christians and Jews believe these early books of the Bible to be true accounts of actual events, and foundational to their understanding of God, they try to deny the facts which have been uncovered by Science about the natural and human worlds. Other believers try to modifiy their understanding of the Bible and its origins to fit in the possibility that the Bible is inaccurate, an inspired but painfully human document of faith.

Part 2 Discusses a Literal reading of the first eleven chapters of Genesis...

LITERAL GENESIS

Part 3 Discusses the historical evidence for the events of the Hebrew Bible...

HISTORICAL BIBLE

 

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