In the beginning, God created . . . Genesis 1:1 NASB The – Of course, by now you know that the word here is bere’shiyt. There is no definite article. That means there is no “the” in this text. Try reading the text without the “the” and things change – dramatically. We have already learned…
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NASB In the Beginning – This was written on January 1st, 2009. Recently a reader questioned something about it, and when I looked at what I wrote 14 years ago, I had to agree. It needed some changes. So, for those of you…
When God began to create heaven and earth— Genesis 1:1 JPS God – Now don’t get too upset about the JPS translation. It only tries to capture the fact that the opening word, bere’shiyt, does not have a definite article attached (“the” beginning) and therefore must be understood in some other way than an announcement…
The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Genesis 1:2 NASB Formless and void – tohu va-vohu reads the Hebrew text. But the key to understanding this verse is not simply to be found in…
In the beginning Genesis 1:1 In The Beginning – The Tanakh opens with a single word, bere’shiyt, a compound of the preposition be and re’shiyt, a noun that means “the first, the chief, the best.” The rabbis noted a curious thing about bere’shiyt. It begins with a bet, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. …
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 In The Beginning – Rethink from the beginning. Start with the beginning and think again about what it says. In our culture, we are so saturated with scientific naturalism (the idea that all explanation must be found within a closed-universe model of inferential…
“En el principio creó Dios” Génesis 1:1 El – Evidentemente ahora ya sabes que aquí la palabra es bere´shiyt. No existe artículo definitivo. Eso quiere decir que no hay “el” en el texto. Intenta leer el texto sin “el” y las cosas comienzan a cambiar – dramáticamente. Ya hemos aprendido (cf. Naham Sarna) que bere´shiyt…
January 2 In the beginning, God created Genesis 1:1 Even Deeper The – Of course, by now you know that the word here is bere’shiyt. There is no definite article. That means there is no “the” in this text. Try reading the text without the “the” and things change – dramatically. We have already learned…
January 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Beginning Again In The Beginning – Let’s begin by doing some mental stretching. You’ve had a nice vacation. You’ve had some rest. You have the day off. Now put your mind to work. Something deep is happening here. Something very deep. …
