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¶ … Genesis of the Bible is the sovereignty of God throughout the four events described in the first 11 chapters: the creation, the fall, the flood and the Babel dispersion. In the next chapters, up to chapter 50, there is presented God's relationship to four outstanding people; Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph.
Throughout centuries, skeptics developed theories that sustained the idea that especially the first eleven chapters of the Genesis are to be considered as series of legends and myths rather than actual historical facts. Let us have a look first at the reasons that could make us believe the contrary: the sources. There are two main literary sources: the priestly source and the Yahwist narrative.
The myths of the Creation and destruction of the world can be viewed in a much larger sense as attempts to explain a culture's believes and practices, as a reflection of that culture's own view. One can find in the first eleven chapters of the Genesis natural sciences such as: geology, cosmology, biology. Not only are these natural sciences present here, but also sciences that study the human relationships such as: sociology, psychology and anthropology and finally, sciences that study the spiritual relationships such as: theology and philosophy. In the light of all these there is one thing to be sensed in the opening of the Bible; the man is recognized...
The Genesis was also written as the result of these two ways of knowing. The revelation of the meaning of the Spirit of God came as the physical things resulted from reflections of an inner reality.
"Records of many persons that scientists have said never existed have been brought to light; many places that they said were only bible names have been unearthed."
Moses used also written sources for the first chapters of the Genesis, not only were they used as sources for the rest of the Scriptures.
It is true that we encounter at the beginning of the creation, which seems to cover around 2000 years, a few names and families instead of references to nations and folks. Walter Kaiser raised a question here that anyone of us could ask: "The question that arises is this: how can divine revelation for the whole human race be intended when the stories are so limited or the families of such small scope? Are not these stories unworthy of the transnational identity of the God of Scriptures?"
As we see it in the Genesis itself, God started with Adam and Eve. It seems like it was decided to put…
Kaiser, Walter, 2001-2005, Challenging Believers to think and Thinker to Believe available from http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/kaiser-gen1-4.html; Internet, accessed 17 October 2005.
Grigg, Russell, M.Sc. (Hons.), ? http://www.answersingenesis.org ?Creation Ex-Nihilo? Dec 93 - Feb 1994, Vol. 16 No. 1, pp. 38-41, available from http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c024.html; Internet; accessed on 17 October 2005
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