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On Genesis 1, literal history, and presuppositions

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1133, 22nd April, 2011
We approach each new thing with the aid of a handy framework that we’ve developed based on all the previous things we’ve encountered. It’s an excellent system, and it’s called learning. The things we carry with us are our assumptions or presuppositions, and the new stuff coming in is data, and it quickly is either [...]
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thoughts on genesis, narrative, etc.

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1338, 21st February, 2011
[I originally wrote this on December 28, 2010, two months ago, but never posted it due to a feeling that it just wasn't ready for posting. Now it is.] These are thoughts still in the process of forming.  Forgive me for thinking them out loud. For seven years now I have been an odd bird [...]
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something pesky in genesis 2

By mitchell b powell | Published: 2310, 2nd January, 2011
I made the mistake of re-reading a familiar passage of the Bible recently (I think it was December 26).  As tends to happen, I was bothered by a detail I either missed before or conveniently suppressed.  And this detail is in verses 4 and 5, where the text says, 4 These are toldot of the [...]
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w.e.b. project: genesis 2:18-20

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1804, 25th October, 2010
ASV Genesis 2:18-20 2:18 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. 2:19 And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to see [...]
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w.e.b. project: genesis 2:1-3

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1555, 25th October, 2010
ASV Genesis 2:1-3 2:1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and [...]
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you missed one, biblegateway.com

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1849, 1st April, 2010
There are in this world few things I find so dry yet delightful as proofreading.  And so for your edification I shall report a typo I find rather interesting. Related Posts:On Genesis 1, literal history, and presuppositionsw.e.b. project: genesis 2:18-20is adam israel? maybe, but peter enns of biologos doesn’t do a favor to the theoryAdam [...]
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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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