There are many opinions and subsequent interpretations on the Book of Genesis. What did the author of Genesis intend and how can we possibly know, or is the important thing only …
MS Smith - Myth and Scripture: Contemporary Perspectives on …, 2014 - books.google.com
Myth and its Modern definers is gen 1 a myth? The answer to this question depends on what one thinks a myth is and also on what one think about gen 1. For believers in the Bible, the …
JK Hoffmeier, GJ Wenham, K Sparks - 2015 - books.google.com
The nature of the Genesis narrative has sparked much debate among Christians. This book introduces three predominant interpretive genres and their implications for biblical …
J Barr - Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1989 - journals.sagepub.com
There is no field of human thought in which the concept of the'literal'is as much used as in the understanding of the Bible. It is used also in law, it is used in literary criticism, but …
For years, the evangelical church and its members have debated whether the Bible should be interpreted literally or symbolically in regards to the age of the earth. In their …
Several factors have contributed to this book. One is the good biblical tradition of British nonconformity in which I grew up, with a sound emphasis on the importance of biblical …
McKenzie argues that to comprehend the Bible we must grasp the intentions of the biblical authors themselves--what sort of texts they thought they were writing and how they would …
Biblical Foundations Award Finalist Genesis is a book of origins: of the world, of sin, of God's promise of redemption, and of the people of Israel. It traces God's pledge of a Savior through …
Story and Poem: The Old Testament as Literature and as Scripture Page 1 Story and Poem: The Old Testament as Literature and as Scripture DAVID J.A. CLINES Reader in Biblical …