How Can We Tell That Genesis 1 Doesn’t Offer Scientific Information?

January 26, 2013 By 24 Comments

Someone asked a question along these lines on Facebook recently, asking what one piece of evidence in particular persuades people to adopt the view that they do. There are multiple things that I find particularly indicative. The reference to a dome in Genesis 1 is itself significant. But the point becomes even clearer if one [...]

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Ancient Hebrew Cosmology

November 10, 2012 By 9 Comments

Nick Norelli shared the image below depicting ancient Hebrew cosmology, i.e. the cosmological assumptions of the authors of the Jewish Scriptures/Christian Old Testament. (It is from the new Logos 5 software which I am looking forward to testing out and blogging about soon.) Nick asks whether those who reconstruct this view of the cosmos based [...]

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Lecture on Genesis 1

August 21, 2012 By 7 Comments

I’ve recorded a brief lecture on the creation account in Genesis 1.

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