Is Genesis 1 liturgy?
Recently I heard a claim that Genesis 1 in the Bible (Appendix A) was an Israelite liturgy like Psalm 136. In Psalm 136 each second line is “His [God’s] love endures forever” (Appendix B). The psalm offers praise to God for His creation of the heavens and earth and His deliverance of Israel out of Egypt and bringing them to settle in Canaan. It was claimed that “And there was evening, and there was morning-the xth day” in Genesis 1 was a repetitive pattern like that in Psalm 136. (more…)
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Is the Torah fact or fiction?
Were the ancient Israelites ever really slaves in Egypt? Did the Exodus really happen? Was the Torah (see Appendix) written by Moses in the mid second millennium BC, or by Jews about 1,000 years later? Is it fact or fiction?
In this post, the content of the Torah is examined to see how it matches with the existing archaeological record to help throw light on its origin. When was the Torah written? (more…)
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