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  2. Genesis creation narrative - Wikipedia

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    The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth [a] of both Judaism and Christianity, [1] told in the Book of Genesis ch. 12. While the Jewish and Christian tradition is that the account is one comprehensive story [2] [3] modern scholars of biblical criticism identify the account as a composite work [4] made up of two stories drawn from different sources.

  3. Textual variants in the Book of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    Genesis 1:1, see also Elohim and Names of God in Judaism § Elohim אֱלֹהִ֑ים ‎ , 'ĕ-lō-hîm ('[the] gods' or 'God') – MT (4QGen b ) 4QGen g SP. [ 2 ] Grammatically speaking , the word elohim is a masculine plural noun meaning "gods", but it is often translated as singular and capitalised as Elohim , meaning "God".

  4. Textual variants in the Hebrew Bible - Wikipedia

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    This list provides examples of known textual variants, and contains the following parameters: Hebrew texts written right to left, the Hebrew text romanised left to right, an approximate English translation, and which Hebrew manuscripts or critical editions of the Hebrew Bible this textual variant can be found in. Greek (Septuagint) and Latin (Vulgate) texts are written left to right, and not ...

  5. Primeval history - Wikipedia

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    The toledot of heaven and earth (Genesis 1:1–4:26) The Genesis creation narrative (the combined Hexameron or six-day cosmic creation-story of Genesis 1 and the human-focused creation-story of Genesis 2) The Eden narrative (the story of Adam and Eve and how they came to be expelled from God's presence) Cain and Abel and the first murder

  6. Allegorical interpretations of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    Maxine Clarke Beach comments Paul's assertion in Galatians 4:21–31 that the Genesis story of Abraham's sons is an allegory, writing that "This allegorical interpretation has been one of the biblical texts used in the long history of Christian anti-Semitism, which its author could not have imagined or intended".

  7. Genesis 1:2 - Wikipedia

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    Dumbrell goes on to suggest that Genesis 1:2 "reflects something of the chaos/order struggle characteristic of ancient cosmologies". [8] However, David Toshio Tsumura argues that the term t e hôm is simply a common noun referring to underground water, and disputes any connection between the term and chaos.

  8. 25 Unconventional Pets Owned by Celebrities - AOL

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    Celebrity: American actress and film producer Reese Witherspoon Animal:Donkeys Names: Honky and Tonky Make a good pet? Yes, if you have the space. Catherine of Aragon’s monkey

  9. Tohu wa-bohu - Wikipedia

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    Tohuw is frequently used in the Book of Isaiah in the sense of "vanity", but bohuw occurs nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible (outside of Genesis 1:2, the passage in Isaiah 34:11 mentioned above, [5] and in Jeremiah 4:23, which is a reference to Genesis 1:2), its use alongside tohu being mere paronomasia, and is given the equivalent translation of ...