In the Beginning. First Bible Word Sets Spectacular Stage

In the Beginning. Famous first words and the enigmatic start of the Creation story. Here’s the concrete and abstract meaning. Did you know that the first word of the Bible, in the book of Genesis, is actually the word head? There, translated by probably the best known Bible quotation: “in the beginning”. The English word beginning comes from רֵאשִׁית—ray-sheeth. […]