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p.d.b project: genesis 1:14-19

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0227, 24th October, 2010
ASV Genesis 1:14-19 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: 1:15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth: [...]
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p.d.b. project: genesis 1:9-13

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0153, 24th October, 2010
*[see bottom] ASV Genesis 1:9-13 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was [...]
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p.d.b. project: genesis 1:6-8

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0143, 24th October, 2010
ASV Genesis 1:6-8 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 1:8 [...]
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p.d.b. project: genesis 1:1-5

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0132, 24th October, 2010
ASV Genesis 1:1-5 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1:2 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. [...]
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in the beginning

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1253, 28th July, 2010
All discussions of big issues seem to find their way back to Genesis, don’t they?  There’s just no other work comparable to it.  And so also Joel Hoffman has again turned his attention to Genesis, specifically Rashi’s bit about b’reshit being a construct state noun, which would make the verse read, strangely, “In the beginning [...]
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is adam israel? maybe, but peter enns of biologos doesn’t do a favor to the theory

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2222, 2nd March, 2010
Or if I may spell it out in more clearly, is the story of Adam in the beginnings of Genesis a story of the beginning of mankind, or of Israel?  Though I still think of it as a story of mankind, the BioLogos foundation is back to its job of making theology and modern scientific [...]
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just in case some of you might be interested . . .

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1717, 28th February, 2010
. . . here‘s a link to some rather interesting conversation I’ve been having off this site on Jeff Oien’s site.  It’s about the historicity of Genesis 1. Related Posts:“According to Their Kinds” and EvolutionNegotiating Genesis 1:1 – A Proposed TranslationAdam and the Enslavement of Humanity, Part 1On Genesis 1, literal history, and presuppositionsGod is [...]
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