Joshua Altmanshofer

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compared Genesis 1 to other ancient literature have sometimes suggested that the biblical text intends to be polemical—to offer a view in opposition to that of the rest of the ancient world. Again, it cannot be denied that Genesis offers a very different perspective than other creation texts in a number of ways. Here there is only one God, and there is no conflict to overcome. Since Genesis allows only one God, the account does not explain other gods being brought into existence and thus it breaks the close association between the components of the cosmos and the gods. All of this is true, and ...more
The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate
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