That is not earth shattering and should not be a stumbling flock to our faith. However, we know there are certain passage that did not come from Moses (see Numbers 12:3 & Deut 34). So we assume that Moses was the primary author of Genesis-Deuteronomy. Jesus refers to Moses being the author (Mtt 19:7, Mark 7:10).
The Pentateuch is referred to as the “Law of Moses” in several places in the OT including Joshua 1:7-8 and 2 Chronicles 25:4. The first 12 chapters spans thousands (or millions of years depending on your point of view) but the last 39 chapters is really about one family spanning a few hundred years at best. The issue of seven days doesn’t seem to be so much an explanation of how long creation took more so that there was order to it and that it grew out of God’s creative speech in a certain order. Time doesn’t even appear to be an issue until the fourth day when God made the sun, moon and stars to designate set periods of time. Genesis presupposes that God is without beginning or end. Unlink the other ancient religions the God of the Hebrews had no beginning or end. There is one origin that is left out and that is the origin of God. It explains the origin of people, the world, sin and redemption, the Hebrew nation (not to be confused with Gator nation) and last how God’s people ended up in Egypt. That word means “In the beginning.” Genesis is a book of origins.
They just took the first word in Genesis and made it the title. Our title “Genesis” comes from the Greek Old Testament (aka Septuagint) and means “origins.” The Hebrews were far more innovative in creating titles for their books than that. So last night we started a class on Genesis and from time to time I want to share some reflections that come out of preparing to teach that class.įirst there is the title. I recently realized that our men’s class hadn’t studied a single Old Testament book in depth in at least five years.
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