The first few chapters of Genesis, which give the biblical account of Creation, may well be the most underrated text in existence It has been misunderstood by many - either read very naively as a simplistic description, or otherwise regarded as a bit of of the patchwork employed by a final redactor of the text. The vast majority of scientists regard it as infra dig. Ancient Hebrew thought patterns were quite different from our own. They were less interested in the process than in the origin -- the Creator in the Creation stories - and the result. Symbolism, exemplified in numbers and colors,...
The first few chapters of Genesis, which give the biblical account of Creation, may well be the most underrated text in existence It has been misunde...