Last week, we broached the doctrine of creation by emphasizing the distinctive teaching of Judaism and Christianity: everything that exists comes from the hand of God. While the question of how God ...

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In her 2009 monograph on cognitive linguistics for Biblical Studies Ellen Van Wolde argues that the verb אדב means "to separate" rather than the traditional understanding "to create." This ...

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We can humbly seek their wisdom without treating them as mascots for one position or another. Through that process, I became personally (and painfully) aware of how heated Genesis 1 controversies ...