MODULE ONE

AN INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS

Bible Topics | * Mosaic Authorship * Dating of Genesis * Purpose of Writing * Theological Themes of Genesis |

People to Know | Places to Know | Terms to Know | SpinozaAstruc | | Documentary TheoryCovenant History |

Study Questions
Answer the following questions (based on the reading), save it and then submit it to the professor.

1. What is the Documentary Theory?
The documentary theory, proposes the first five books of the Bible was derived from originally independent, parallel and complete narratives, which were subsequently combined into the current form by a series of editors. The number of these is usually set at four, but this is not an essential part of the theory. The
10. Why is Genesis relevant for today?
The doctrine of Creation (based in Genesis) explains that one man’s sin led to the death, pain and suffering we experience today, whereas the anti-God doctrine of evolution and its stablemate, a belief in an ‘old Earth’, proposes the opposite: namely that millions of years of death, disease and struggle preceded (or even led to) man’s existence. If Genesis is merely myth, there is no basis for morality or any Christian doctrine. Since Genesis is true history, the foundation for Christianity is firmly established.

DAYS OF CREATION

Bible Topics | * The Origin of the Universe * Days or Ages? * When Life Began |

People to Know | Places to Know | Terms to Know | Elohim | | “waw” consecutive“bara”“asa”*Gap theoryEnuma Elish“tohu” & “bohu”“yom”“divine fiat”canopy |

Study Questions
Answer the following questions (based on the reading), save it and then submit it to the professor.

11. What does the use of the “waw consecutive” normally describe?
The Waw-consecutive or Vav-consecutive is a grammatical construction in Classical Hebrew. It involves prefixing a verb form with the letter waw in order to change its tense and/or aspect.

12. The qal stem of the term “bara” is used exclusively in the Old Testament for what?
The word bara’ is at the heart of any study of the account of creation in Genesis. But as is often the case in critical discussion, more is made of