Genesis, chapters one and two, present two accounts of creation. Many critics of the Bible (often, atheists) assume that they are contradictory. But there are many factors involved in interpreting ...

A Bible scholar takes issue with those who blame the Book of Genesis for Western culture's exploitative disregard for nature. An 1967 article in the prestigious journal Science, “The Historical Roots ...

Genesis 1–2 stands at the heart of Old Testament theology and provides the biblical foundation for understanding creation, divine sovereignty, humanity, and the nature of the world. Yet the modern ...

1) The following verses from the bible only touch upon genesis and the creation of the world/universe. A closer examination of the details leaves much to be desired from a more vigorous point of view.

The next chapter of Kyle Greenwood’s new book Scripture and Cosmology: Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science looks at the range of creation or origins narratives in the Old ...

Last week, we broached the doctrine of creation by emphasizing the distinctive teaching of Judaism and Christianity: everything that exists comes from the hand of God. While the question of how God ...

Like all the best stories, the creation stories of Genesis have an afterlife that both is and isn't dependent on the original. Just as we can marvel at the things we can read into and out of each ...

Fundamentalists often make it a test of Christian orthodoxy to believe that the world was created in six 24-hour days and that no other interpretations of Genesis 1 are possible. They claim that until ...

Everyone has at least a few creation stories: how they were born, how they came to the career they chose, how they met their loved one. This week Jews around the world will return to our creation ...