Genesis: Just Another Creation Myth?

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🗓️ 11 September 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The first few chapters in Genesis are some of the most hotly debated in Christian circles. What did Moses intend for his readers to understand when he penned the Bible’s creation narrative? What did he know about the creation myths of the surrounding nations, and how might that impact our understanding today? In this episode of White Horse Inn, Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, and Bob Hiller model charitable disagreement as they represent and discuss different interpretations of Genesis 1 and 2.

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0:00.0	Hi folks, this is Mike Horton, and I've got some exciting news to share with you.
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0:36.0	In ancient your eastern Babylonians, Sumerian,
0:39.0	humans were created to relieve the gods of work. They were pests. And so in Genesis you have
0:44.7	Yawe saying humans are the crowning point of creation. They're from the dust but
0:49.9	they're also the image of God. It's a shock to tell a bunch of people who are enslaved or leaving slavery.
0:55.3	You're my image. You're not a pest. You weren't made from my work to do my bidding.
1:00.7	You're a crowning reflection of me to all the world into each other.
1:05.6	And you, specifically the Israelites, are the ones I've chosen from among all the peoples of the earth.
1:11.6	5. peoples of the earth.
1:14.0	Five centuries ago in taverns and public houses across Europe,
1:18.0	the masses would gather for discussion and debate over the latest ideas sweeping the land. From one such
1:25.3	meeting place a small Cambridge in called the Whitehorse the reformation came to the
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