tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post3336977006818764264..comments2024-03-24T11:03:03.106-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : False Assumption #1 of Young-Earth CreationistsAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-56510000995377577652012-09-22T07:16:09.420-07:002012-09-22T07:16:09.420-07:00It is said that the Jews presented events as linea...It is said that the Jews presented events as linear history, but the events of Genesis come from Abraham and his ancestors who were not Jews. They were Nilotic peoples who tended toward binary tensions expressed in parallel accounts. The parallel stories highlight similarities such as the moral lapses of Noah and Lot while drunk. Noah's misbehavior led him to blame ("curse") his grandson. Lot's drunkeness led to incest with his daughters.<br /><br />Sometimes the parallel stories contrast the character of two figures, as in the accounts of Abraham and Isaac attempting to pass off their wives as their sisters. Sarah was Abraham's half-sister whereas Rebecca was Isaac's patrilineal cousin. In other words, Abraham did not lie and Isaac did.<br /><br />Other parallel accounts include the two creation stories. Genesis 1 and Genesis 2-3 are parallel accounts from different traditions. The second story about the garden, the serpent, and the tree of life is older than the first story about the six days of creation.<br /><br />Likewise, there are two flood accounts. In one we read that Noah was to save one pair of animals, a male and female, and in the other we read that he was to save seven pairs of "clean" animals.<br /><br />This parallelism is not limited to the book of Genesis. It is found in the Psalms and throughout the Old Testament. Adam and Enoch are paralleled in Hebrew in Psalm 8:4. The story of Korah opposing Moses' authority has a parallel in the story of Sheba who opposed David's authority. In the end, both Korah and Sheba lost their lives.<br /><br />The blood on the door posts in Egypt has a parallel in the story of the passover of Rahab and her family by the scarlet cord hung from the window.<br /><br />The story of Sarah's miraculous conception of Isaac is paralleled by Hannah's conception of Samuel. In the New Testament, we find a parallel between Elizabeth's miraculous conception of John the Baptist and Mary's conception of the Son of God, to whom John would bear witness.<br /><br />You may read about the Aqualithic rulers here:<br /><br />http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/2012/07/origins-of-word-horite.html<br /><br />Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-48458410022300161852012-09-20T14:51:45.812-07:002012-09-20T14:51:45.812-07:00Thanks for reading "Genesis on Religion vs. S...Thanks for reading "Genesis on Religion vs. Science", I hope the quite long series on just a few verses didn't tax your patience :)<br /><br />I did provide my sources in my essay but forgot my promise for the series, I will do so now.<br /><br />Do you claim that the "7 pairs of clean animals" is from a different book than "2 pairs of other animals", and that they were merged, and if so, could you mention some of the sources where I can read more on this?<br /><br />If you fancy writing something on the lineage of tradesmen in Genesis 4 I'd love to read it :)Maximilionhttp://maximilion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-21438498394752991422012-07-18T09:00:03.830-07:002012-07-18T09:00:03.830-07:00Grant,
I agree. The historical narrative tends to ...Grant,<br />I agree. The historical narrative tends to be presented in binary sets.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-52849666961275640652012-07-18T08:08:17.499-07:002012-07-18T08:08:17.499-07:00Genesis is historical narrative, but it's most...Genesis is historical narrative, but it's most certainly not rigidly chronological or literal.Stripehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11177167535623025339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-57858943220211727182012-04-02T06:50:28.362-07:002012-04-02T06:50:28.362-07:00The Church Fathers accepted that the people in Gen...The Church Fathers accepted that the people in Genesis lived in the order found in Genesis. That is, Noah lived before Nimrod and Nimrod before Abraham, etc. I agree with them. I'm not saying that Genesis isn't historically accurate. I believe it is. <br /><br />The Fathers also recognized the patterns in Genesis that Young-Earth Creationists fail to see. For example, Young-Earth Creationists completely ignore the "begats" of Genesis 4. They assume that all of that line died in the flood. They miss that Lamech the Younger (Gen. 5) was the grandson of Lamech the Elder (Gen. 4) and the son of Methuselah. Read what St. John Chrysostom wrote about Lamech. You will find this here:<br /><br />http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/2007/07/chrysostoms-interpretation-of-lamechs.html<br /><br />St. Augustine believed that the days of creation in Genesis 1 were figurative. http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/2009/07/days-of-creation-literal-or-figurative.html<br /><br />St. Jerome tended to a non-literal interpretation of Genesis and recognized that not all people named in Genesis 4 and 5 before Noah died in the flood.<br /><br />http://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-jeromes-extraordinary-insights-on.htmlAlice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-83455799703903897812012-04-02T06:10:27.939-07:002012-04-02T06:10:27.939-07:00is it really an ASSUMPTION if we can open the Chur...is it really an ASSUMPTION if we can open the Church Fathers and find that they accepted Genesis as history? So many of the people mentioned from Adam and Eve on are even commemorated as Saints on the 2 Sundays before Nativity, and Abel is commemorated on March 20.jckstraw72https://www.blogger.com/profile/00382123134678730195noreply@blogger.com