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Differences in the Two Creation Stories [In addition to the information below, see the Genesis page on this site.] From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com, 11/19/2024 The two creation stories in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis reflect differences in style, content, and emphasis. Scholars often attribute these to different sources: J (Yahwist) and P (Priestly). […]
Continue ReadingBelow is a table created by ChatGPT from the slide outline of Lecture 4 of Dr. Joel Baden’s course at BSA, given in Fall 2025. The slide is in his directory in DropBox. Below that are the Burnt Offering Related Verses where God found the aroma pleasing. Another good post here is Flood Stories: Doublets […]
Continue ReadingBelow is from the slides presented by Dr. Joel Baden in Lecture 3 of his course at BSA titled The Hebrew Bible Exploring the Literature of Ancient Israel. Slide 8Wisdom of Amenemope (13th c. BCE) Do not move the markers on the borders of fields…norencroach on the boundaries of a widow. Proverbs 23:10 Do not […]
Continue ReadingBelow is an excellent post by Michael L Waddell at BSA on May 5. Intro: The creation story of Genesis 2 is widely held by scholars to be older than the separate creation story in Genesis 1. The Genesis 1 story, attributed to the “Priestly” author P, presents God in a way we’ve come to […]
Continue ReadingHis Yale Divinity School page is here. A significant part of this lecture is his evaluation of the two Genesis Creation stories. Using the Bible as a prop or reading it. Discussing the sacrifice of the firstborn or first fruits. Talked about the festival of unleavened bread.
Continue ReadingThere were people around that could kill Cain for killing Abel. How could that be? And why did Jehovah protect a murderer? Genesis 4:13-16 — Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall […]
Continue ReadingMelchizedek: How a Literary Phantom Became an Eternal Priest and Savior of Israel, September 21, 2024, by Paul Davidson at https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/. The text below are extracts from his very in-depth article and are included her as my “talking points”. End extracts from Paul Davidson’s post.
Continue ReadingGenesis 28:1 — Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him, and charged him, “You shall not marry one of the Canaanite women. 2 Go at once to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father; and take as wife from there one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. 3 May God Almighty [Traditional rendering […]
Continue ReadingFor insights and more about the Jacob/Joseph story and the transition to Exodus see the post at this site titled Genesis 46-47: Transition to Exodus and J-E-P Components John J. Collins – Regarding Genesis saying that husbands “will rule over you.” In his interview by Darrel Lambert, Collins said in relation to Genesis 3:1-19 — […]
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