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    Comparing the Genesis Creation Account with their Neighbors

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    A. J. Swoboda
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    John 1:3, Psalm 104:24, Genesis 2:2-3, Genesis 1:27, Genesis 1:31
    The Jews were not the only religious people in the ancient world. There were others, such as the Akkadians, Egyptians, and Phoenicians, and they had their own creation stories. When one compares the ...

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    The Creation of Light

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    The Pastor's Workshop
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    Genesis 1:3-4, John 8:12-20, 1 John 1:5-10, Psalm 27:, Matthew 4:12-17
    In The Lost World of Genesis One , John Walton points out that the creation of light and the division of day and night is profoundly puzzling if we understand light in the modern way, as a material o...

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    Naming and Creation

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    Jonathan Walton
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    Genesis 2:19-20, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:10, Isaiah 43:1, Exodus 33:17, John 10:3, Revelation 2:17
    Names in the ancient world were associated with identity, role and function. Consequently, naming is a typical part of the creation narratives. The Egyptian Memphite Theology identifies the Creator as...
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