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…
In the beginning, God created . . . Genesis 1:1 Created – Today I received an email announcement for “Creation 2010 Supercamp.” The advertisement said, “5 Fantastic Days. 14 Speakers. 20 Sessions.” Even the meals are included. But what caught my attention was the second headline. It read “Battle for the Bible.” Oops! Just a…
“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…
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Et – Do you remember the un-translated et that precedes the words for heavens and earth? It is a particle (the smallest part of a language structure) that indicates that the next word is the direct object of the verb. It is never…
