Tag: Monotheism
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‘Once Upon a Time’ (v) Egypt and the Sun
As I noted in my 1st post on this theme, the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament contains many echoes of far older, interesting and amusing creation myths, flood stories and epic poems which, because used to train scribes, were widely spread in location and time across the ancient near east. The Hebrew writers/editors used a number of…
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Genesis 1 – A Critique (iii)
When we read Genesis 1, we should bear in mind that the ancient Israelites, like the peoples around them, had a different world-view from ours. Their universe was very small, and our world was at the centre of it. God, whose throne was above the sky, was close at hand, and well able to keep…
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