Genesis: Bible authors believed it to be history
Those who insist that Biblical creationists are being divisive over ‘small details’, need to reconsider what Jesus said about Genesis.
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Is Genesis poetry / figurative, a theological argument (polemic) and thus not history?
The ‘Genesis is poetry’ (Framework Hypothesis) idea is thoroughly self-inconsistent and nebulous, but also undermines the Gospel at its foundations.
The meaning of yôm in Genesis 1:1–2:4
Despite claims to the contrary, the meaning of yôm in Genesis is not in doubt.
Genesis—the seedbed of all Christian doctrine
A compact, point-by-point demonstration of the oft-stated and important claim that
virtually all Christian doctrine is dependent on, or founded in, the history in
the book of Genesis.
How Genesis 13 undermines the ‘gap theory’
A new angle on why the Gap Theory holds no water—comparing Genesis 1 with Genesis 13.
Who Wrote Genesis? Are the Toledoth Colophons?
Dubious and dangerous exposition
A review of The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate
by John H. Walton
Josephus says, ‘Genesis means what it says!’
The most famous Jewish historian had no doubts about the authenticity and historicity of the Bible’s account of creation.
The Resurrection and Genesis
The Resurrection is a real event that happened in real time. It’s based on history, flows out of the events of Genesis 1–3, and changes everything.
Ancient Egypt confirms: Genesis is history
The ancient Egyptians knew what many modern theologians deny: Genesis is reliable history
Why Genesis 5 is a key chapter in the Bible
The chronology of the genealogy in Genesis 5 ties Creation week to the subsequent events, strongly authenticating the real history of Genesis 1–11.
Genesis authenticated in clay
Ancient clay tablets confirm Genesis to be the true account of human history.