Painting of Hagar in the wilderness by Giovanni Lanfranco. It hangs in the Musée du Louvre. Alice C. Linsley Hagar was the Egyptian...

In response to comments at  this article , a reader of Just Genesis has asked: "Why do people insist on reading the Hebrew Scr...

Alice C. Linsley Genesis tends to be read either literally, as a scientific text, or as myth with little relevance for modern peopl...

Alice C. Linsley Karen L. King, the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, notes that Jesus refers to a wife in this  Gnost...

Alice C. Linsley A friend recently asked my opinion of a course on Genesis being offered at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary by Professor ...

Alice C. Linsley A visitor from Portland, Oregon has asked whether the genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11 are inspired.  It is an interestin...

Alice C. Linsley Trees are significant in biblical symbolism. A study of trees in Genesis helps us to understand the ancient world o...

Alice C. Linsley Genesis is the battle ground over the questions surrounding creation. It has been co-opted by both Young Earth Fundame...

The Nativity Fast begins today for the Orthodox.  It is a challenge for me to observe the fasts diligently, not having been raised Orthodox....

Alice C. Linsley God works single-mindedly throughout the ages to restore lost humanity to Himself.  This is the theme from Genesis to ...

Long before Structuralism, people recognized a binary feature in the order of creation. Jacques Derrida explored this extensively and note...

"Then take silver and gold, and make crowns [ataroth], and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest......

Alice C. Linsley The Incarnation of the Son of God is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets, specifically Isaiah 7:14. He is called...

Monument of Nehesi in Nubia/Kush. Kush was also called Ta-Nuhusi.   Alice C. Linsley Religious belief is conditioned by the faith t...