An Introduction to the Old Testament and a Survey of Genesis Chapters One to Eleven Instructor, Dr Rich Klein

The Bible as History

Werner Keller in

If Israels historical faith does not have its roots in history, then it is wrong and the same is true of our faith.
More then roots? Just roots? A few roots?

What makes the Bible special?

Preservation 2. Archaeology 3. Prophecy 4. Transformation

1.

A survey of the books of the Bible should include a:

Technical introduction

Including date, authorship, canonical authority (see next slide)

Broad presentation of the contents of each book Commentary on the most salient (important) items Germane (useful) Bibliography

Canon

Canon is from the

Greek term kann (means reed)
Reeds

were used as measuring sticks.

Canon came to mean something that was a standard, a rule or an authoritative list.

Canon, cont.

When applied to Scripture, the canon refers to those books which are authoritative because they were:
1. 2. 3.

Revealed by God through Holy Spirit inspiration. Are inerrant in their original. Serve as a trustworthy source of theological doctrine.

Canon, cont.

Pentateuch means five books

Refers to the first five books of the Old Testament

Greek

pentateuchos

Also known as the Torah (Heb.) or The Law.

Torah was attested as authoritative Scripture by Nehemiah (9:14).

Canon, cont.
Through the years, the authority of specific books was recognized by Jewish authorities. A body of notable men supposedly met and imposed this collection on the Jews as canonical. This is usually attributed to a Council at Jamnia, A.D. 90.

There are:

31,102 verses in the Bible (KJV). 775,693 words in the Bible (KJV). 187 chapters in the Pentateuch. 5,888 verses in the Pentateuch (Kiddushin 30a-b). 79,856 words in the Pentateuch (William Gesenius Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the OT p. 77). [304,805 letters in the Pentateuch (Michael Drosnin The Bible Code).] 400,944 letters in the Pentateuch (William R. Scott Simplified Guide to the BHS p. 10).

The Old Testament

Is also referred to as Covenant.

Was written:
Between 1500 B.C. and 400 B.C. By more than 25 different authors and comprised of:

39

books in English. 22 books in Hebrew.

The English Old Testament

(based on Jeromes arrangement)

Divided into five sections: 1. Law 2. History 3. Poetry 4. Major Prophets 5. Minor Prophets

For your library:

TANAKH is an acronym.
TORAH Five Books of Moses NEVIIM Book of the Prophets KETHUVIM Hagiography or
Writings

(based on the Masoretic arrangement)

TORAH
Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy

The Hebrew Old Testament

NEVIIM
Joshua Judges Samuel Kings Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel The Twelve

KETHUVIM
Psalms Proverbs Job Song of Songs Ruth Lamentations Ecclesiastes Esther Daniel Ezra/Nehemiah Chronicles

Panorama of the Old Testament

The great characters and events, as well as the Tabernacle, Biblical flora and a chronological guide are all featured in this large foldout volume.
Third Millennium Press ISBN 0-7858-2002-7

Suggested Chronological Table

B.C. EVENTS
4004 Creation 3874 Birth of Seth 3382 Birth of Enoch, the seventh from Adam 3317 Birth of Methuselah 3130 Birth of Lamech 3074 Death of Adam 3017 Translation of Enoch 2948 Birth of Noah 2348 Death of Methuselah; deluge 2233 Confusion of tongues at Babel

Chronological Table
B.C. EVENTS 2126 Birth of Terah
1998 Death of Noah 1996 Birth of Abraham

(cont.)

1921 Terah leaves Ur of the Chaldees

1921 Abraham leaves Haran 1913 Abram rescues Lot

1910 Ishmael born

1897 Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 1896 Isaac born

Chronological Table
B.C.
1860 1821 1773

(cont.)

EVENTS
Sarah dies Abraham dies Ishmael dies

1759
1739 1728 1716 1715 1708 1706

Jacob flees into Mesopotamia

Jacob returns to Canaan Joseph is sold into slavery Isaac dies Joseph promoted to Governor of Egypt Seven years of famine begin Jacob, with his family, go down into Egypt

Chronological Table
B.C.
1689
1635 1571

(cont.)

EVENTS
Jacob dies
Joseph dies Moses born

1531
1519 1491

Moses flees into the land of Midian

Birth of Caleb Time of the Exodus

1490
1452 1452

Tabernacle erected
Return of the Israelites to Kadesh-Barnea Death of Miriam, Aaron, and Moses

1451

Entrance of tribes into Canaan

Chronological Table
B.C.
1451 1444 1424 1392 1095 1085

(cont.)

EVENTS
First sabbatical year and beginning of Jubilee Tabernacle set up in Shiloh Joshua dies, aged 110 years Othniel, the first judge, delivers Israel Samuel anoints Saul King of Israel Birth of David, son of Jesse

Chronological Table
B.C.
1065 1055 1055

(cont.)

EVENTS
Samuel anoints David king over Israel as Sauls replacement Death of Saul at Gilboa David goes to Hebron, there anointed king by men of Judah, reigns there for 7 years Leadership of all the tribes come to Hebron where David is anointed king over all Israel; Jerusalem becomes the capital of his kingdom for the next 33 years Absalomic rebellion David dies and Solomon becomes king of Israel

1048

1023 975

For chronological matters see:

The Chronology of the Old Testament

by Floyd Nolen Jones
ISBN: 0-89051-416X Comprehensive, exhaustive, highly accurate, King James Version based First printing: 2005
(By the way, Jones suggests Genesis spans 2,369 years.)

For teaching:

Chronological and Background Charts of the Old Testament

By John H. Walton Zondervan Publishing of Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530 1994 ISBN 0-310-48161-9

Genesis - Deuteronomy

Desmond Alexander titles his introduction to the Pentateuch as

From Paradise to the Promised Land.

Another Way to Look at Genesis

Four chief events (chs. 1-11)

Creation, Fall, Deluge, Tongues

Four main characters (chs. 12-50)

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph

Interesting Quote
"These eleven chapters [the first eleven chapters of Genesis] are absolutely vital in rightly understanding the remaining 1,178 chapters in the Bible. If one accepts them at face value, he will have no difficulty concerning the rest of the Old and New Testaments.
Harold L. Wilmington

The Literary Form of Genesis 1-11

"The literary form of Genesis 1-11 contains 64 geographical terms, 88 personal names, 48 generic names, and at least 21 identifiable cultural items (such as wood, metals, buildings and musical instruments). These chapters are prose in the form of historical narrative and not poetry."
Walter Kaiser

Genesis Is it Mosaic? OR Is it a mosaic?

Toledoth (account)

1:1-2:3 / the prologue of creation Followed by twelve divisions of Genesis containing the genealogies and stories of various sets of descendants

Gen 2:4; 5:1; 6:9; 10:1; 10:32; 11:10; 11:27; 25:12-13, 19; 36:1, 9; 37:2

Regarding Oral Transmission

Thus it was easy for Moses to be satisfied of the truth of all he relates in the book of Genesis, as the accounts came to him through the medium of very few persons. From Adam to Noah there was but one man necessary to the correct transmission of the history of this period of 1656 years. Now this history was, without doubt, perfectly known to Methuselah, who lived to see them both. In like manner Shem connected Noah and Abraham, having lived to converse with both; as Isaac did with Abraham and Joseph, from whom these things might be easily conveyed to Moses by Amram, who was contemporary with Joseph. Yet to preclude all possibility of mistake, the unerring Spirit of God directed Moses in the selection of his facts and the ascertaining of his dates. Adam Clarke

Scroll Storage

Where were the scrolls of the Old Testament Scriptures stored?

Homes Tabernacle Temple Palaces Synagogues Libraries Caves

For your library:

Why fifty (50) scientists choose to believe in creation. Brief essays defending creationism written by specialists in their fields.

Edited by John F. Ashton August 2002 ISBN: 0-89052-341-4

The Bibles foundation rests upon the opening words of Genesis.

1:1, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Seven words in the Hebrew

Memory Verses: Colossians 1:16-17 (NASB)

For by Him all things were created,

both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

Slide correction

Heavens is dual in Hebrew.

No Definite Articles

In Genesis 1:1

It just reads in beginning.

In John 1:1

It just reads in beginning.

What did God create?

Time

Space
Energy

(matter)

Formless and void

Unproductive

toho

Uninhabited

boho
Isaiah

45:18

The Gap Theory and Genesis 1:1-2

A Hebrew imperfect consecutive waw of logical consequence and chronology and would negate a possible Gap Theory 85% of its use

Creation of the Angels

Follow the track of Genesis 1:1, 3-5, 31; Nehemiah 9:6; Job 38:4, 6-7; and Ezekiel 28:13-16.

Job 38:4-7 comments summarized:

Since everything in heaven and on earth was created and made in the creation week, angels were createdalong with light-on the first day. Satan and his angels were among the rejoicing sons of God during the first few days of creation when everything was still very good. Henry Morris

The Remarkable Record of Job

Genesis 1:5

one day (NASB; NLT) first day (NIV; NRSV; KJV; NKJV)

Cardinal numeral (counting) form of the adjective

Either

the total of an evening and a morning Or the first in a string of seven days

Viewpoints of Creation

24-Hour Day

chapter one sequential and literal creation taking place over six eras

Day-age

Literary Approach

seven-day sequence literary structure

existence of previously created world prior to Genesis 1 two phases of creation in chapters one and two with a long period of time in between them

Prior Creation

Two-phase

Firmament (KJV)

Hebrew is an expanse.

Genesis 1:14-19
Sun, Moon, and Stars

To To To To To To

be for signs be for seasons keep time/days and years govern day and night give light on the earth separate light from darkness

But:

in the words of Galileo the astronomer who truthfully said that: The Scriptures were given, not to tell us how the heavens go, but to teach us how to go to heaven.

Look at this:

Man, Dinosaurs, and Mammals Together

by John Allen Watson

Mount Blanco Publishing Company 124 West Main Corsbyton, Texas 79322

ISBN 0-9700779-2-0 2001 Evidence from the phosphate beds of South Carolina show that that humans, dinosaurs, and ancient mammals existed at the same time, thus ruling out the millions of years that supposedly separate man and dinosaurs.

The Image of God

Human life was created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26). This image was imparted only to humans (Gen. 2:7). Image (selem) is used figuratively here, for God does not have a human form.
Being in Gods image means that humans share, though imperfectly and finitely in Gods nature, that is, in His communicable attributes (e.g., life, personality, wisdom, love, holiness), and so have the capacity for spiritual fellowship with Him.

Imago Dei
By the imago the Protestant Reformers had understood especially man's state of original purity in accord with Genesis 1 and 2, wherein Adam is depicted as fashioned for rational, moral and spiritual fellowship with his maker. See Genesis 3:8-19.
C.F.H. Henry
Image of God

Interesting Quote
Man is made for personal and endless fellowship with God.
Only tripartite human beings could fellowship with the Trinity!
R. Klein
See Genesis 1:26-27; 5:1-3; 9:6.

Another Interesting Quote

Almighty God is creator In His mind the entire plan of creation was formed with man as the climax.
Bernard Ramm

The Christian View of Science and Scripture

Likeness (Gen. 1:26)

That is, man may be created in the image of God, yet is still but a likeness (facsimile).

Before the fall:

Adam was created first. Eve was designated as Adams helper. Adam named Eve. God named the human race man (Gen. 5:2). The serpent approached Eve first. God spoke to Adam first. Adam represented the human race (Rom. 5:1415; 1 Cor. 15:22).

Genesis 1:28

The Cultural Mandate

Multiply procreate (so as to perpetuate) Subdue - dominate

Genesis 1:29-30

Adam and Eves diet included:

Plants with seeds in them. Trees with seeds in the fruit. Green plants.

No

meat yet (Genesis 9:3)

Genesis 1:31

Everything God did and made was very good.

We show sanctity toward the creation, while not treating it as divinity.

Christopher Wright

We also celebrate Gods goodness.

I sing the goodness of the Lord, that filled the earth with food; He formed the creatures with His word, and then pronounced them good. Lord, how your wonders are displayed, where eer I turn my eye; If I survey the ground I tread, or gaze upon the sky. Isaac Watts

Created and Made

Epexegetical in that it uses the telic conjunction that indicates a final purpose

Brought into existence (Heb. perf.)

To

accomplish His purposes for them

A View of the Creation Days Length

Accordingly Moses says, that in just six days the world and all that is therein was made; and that the seventh day was a rest, and a release from the labor of such operations; whence it is that we celebrate a rest from our labors on that day, and call it the Sabbath
Josephus Antiquities 1-1-33

Review of the Days of Creation

(Genesis 1:1-2:3)

First Day Second Day Third Day Fourth Day Fifth Day

Light in the darkness Sky waters separated Land; sea waters gathered; vegetation Sun, moon, stars Fish and birds for the sea and sky Animals to fill the earth; man and woman to care for the earth and fellowship with God Sabbath rest

Sixth Day

Seventh Day

Review of the Days of Creation

Instructor, Dr Rich Klein

(Genesis 1:1-2:3)

First Day
Second Day Third Day

Fourth Day
Fifth Day Sixth Day Seventh Day

Watch this!
The Six Days of Creation
DVD by Ken Ham
2002 (fifty mins.)
Defends the literal Biblical account in Genesis 1 and why it is critical to interpret the account literally

To

purchase you can call:

1-800-778-3390 or Tom Henderson 281-482-7888

Arguments for Solar Days

I. The word day when used with a numerical (ordinal) adjective in the Pentateuch always indicates a solar day.

Arguments for Solar Days

(cont.)

II. Evening and morning each occur more than one hundred times in the Old Testament and are never used to mean anything other than a literal evening and literal morning., i.e., the ending and beginning of a solar day.

Arguments for Solar Days

(cont.)

III. Exodus 20:11 and 31:17 serve as excellent Biblical crossreferences that God made everything in six days, that He rested on the seventh, and this pattern serves as the basis for mans weekly cycle.

Watch this too!

Introduction to Biblical Creationism
by Dr. Henry Morris
2002 (fifty mins.)
References are only made to Scripture.

Institute for Creation Research

P.O. Box 2667, El Cajon, California 92021 (619) 448-0900

Tom Henderson at 281-482-7888

Major Cuneiform Tablets with Background to the Old Testament

Enuma Elish (c. 626 B.C.) and the Genesis creation account compared

Genesis 1:28

Man created to rule creation Man created to do the work of the gods so that they would not have to work so hard

Enuma Elish VI, 8, 34

Watch this sometime!

Introduction to Scientific Creationism

Henry M. Morris Sixty minutes long

He uses only scientific data to show that the facts of biology, geology, and other sciences support the Biblical teaching of recent, special creation. Institute for Creation Research P.O. Box 2667 El Cajon, California 92021 619-448-0900

(from Creation to the Cross by Albert H. Baylis)

Summary of Genesis One

God is transcendent, sovereign ruler of the creation. He is in complete control of creation. He is not part of it, nor does it control Him. Creation came into existence at His command. The surrounding gods are nonentities evidenced by not even mentioning them. God has a special interest in mankind.

And, from the pen of David:

Psalm 33:6-9.

Genesis 2:4f

Begins a fuller account of the creation story in Genesis 1:1-2:3, especially focusing on the conditions of the earth and the creation of man introduced earlier.

In Genesis 3 the earth and man will be brought together in a negative partnership.

A Supposed Contradiction

Genesis 2:5-6 / Genesis 1:11-12

shrub (Heb. weed) plant (Heb. cultivated grain)
From dormant (Gen. 1) to cultivated (Gen. 2)

Eden Delight
In the first three chapters of the Book of Genesis, the first residence of humankind is Eden (Gen. 2:7-17). The name Eden is probably connected with Edinn (the Sumerian name for the plain of Babylon), and the author of Genesis may have had in mind the verdant landscape of Mesopotamia. Eden is mentioned in other Old Testament books as a place of extreme fertility (Isa. 51:3; Eze. 28:13; 31:8-9).

In Response to Genesis 2:18-20

"Whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. And the man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field ..."

Willmington's Guide to the Bible

on page 477 quotes Ernest Mayr as listing the existence then of species that included 3,500 mammals, 8,600 birds, and 5,500 reptiles and amphibians. Adam must have had an incredible vocabulary!
(America's current leading taxonomist in 1984)

Harold L. Wilmington in his book

Genesis 2:20 helper

The Hebrew is azar .
See Psalm 33:20 for use of the word. Various applications of the eighty occurrences of various forms occuring in the Old Testament apply to things military, medical, emotional, and spiritual.

One Plus One = One

Genesis 2:22-25; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:7-8; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 5:31 - For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

An Essential
It is essential for a man to leave his father and mother and to cleave to his wife or he can never become the head of the new decision-making unit as pictured in both Genesis and Ephesians.

Jay Adams

A Clarification
The new husband must have more of an emotional attachment to his wife then to his birth-parents. He leaves his home to a degree that she is never required to do. Remember that the wife moved into or onto her husband's parents homestead in Semitic culture. What we are dealing with here is psychology and not sociology.

A Thought from Bruce Waltke

The inspired explanation aims to correct cultures that give priority to the parental bonds over the marital bonds.

From where did sin originate (Gen. 3:1)?

Certainly not with God according to James 1:13-14 Permissively (Eze. 28:15, was found ( niphal or passive participle) Romans 5:12, through one man (permissively Adam) sin entered into the world ().

Norman Geisler suggests as far as humankind is concerned:

God created the fact of freedom; we perform the acts of freedom. He made evil possible; men made evil actual.

Genesis 3:2-3

and touch it.

Whose idea was that?

Genesis 3:4-7

Adam choose to obey his wife. Apple

Latin malus evil Latin malum apple

Genesis 3:6

Matthew 4:3, 6, 8, 9

1 John 2:16

Appetite satisfaction

Make bread!

Feed the flesh.

Entertainment tonight.

Take a chance!

Aesthetics yes.

Wisdom

(Heb. Insight; to be in the know so as to be successful Louis Goldberg cognate in Dan. 8:25

Receive the glory!

Take pride in your life.

Genesis 3:8-19

Gods Interview with Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:10-11

I and You occur four times in the English as Hebrew masculine singular pronouns.

Penalties given include:

The serpent will crawl and eat dust. The serpent will be at enmity with the [Seed] of the woman and wound the [Seed], but finally the serpent will have his head crushed by the [Seed]. The woman will have pain in childbirth. The woman will attempt to lead but the man shall rule. See next slide. The man will work a cursed ground until he returns to dust.

Genesis 3:16

Yet your desire (teshuqah niphal/passive; et seq. Genesis 4:7; ct. Cant. 7:10) shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.

Interesting Quote Relative to Genesis 3:20-21

"Redemption becomes the unifying theme of all the Scriptures. From beginning to end, the sixty-six books have a scarlet cord of salvation running through them, tying them together. This unifying theme of redemption is centered in substitution: the innocent dying for the guilty."
Kenneth F. McKinley

Scanning The Plan

Cherubim:
are winged angelic beings, often associated with worship and praise of God. The cherubim are first mentioned in the Bible at Genesis 3:22-24, Then God drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life." The cherubim also served the purpose of magnifying the holiness and power of God, while serving as a visual reminder of His abiding presence with His people.

Cherubim, cont.

Two cherubim made of gold were stationed at each end of the Mercy Seat, above the Ark of the Covenant, in the Holy of Holies (Ex. 25:17-22).

Genesis 4:1-2

The literal Hebrew of verse one reads: Now Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived and bore Cain saying I have gotten a man [with the help of] Yahweh. See verse 25.

Walter Kaiser agrees with Martin Luther who translates this as I have the Man, the Lord.

Verse two intimates, again according to Luther, that Cain and Abel were twins.

Genesis 4:2

Abel (Heb. vapor) does not talk, just acts. Cain is a tiller of the ground just as his father was (3:23).

First Mention):
Cain brought an offering to the Lord The first mention of to the Lord occurs in Genesis 4:3 in connection with Cain.

This phrase occurs 632 times in the Bible.

Genesis 4:4-5

Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings (Heb. bekor firstborn) of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel [first] and for his offering [second]; but for Cain [first] and his offering [second] He had no regard.
Fat was the richest part of the animal. Hebrews 11:4, By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain testifying about his gifts

Genesis 4:6-8, Cain told Abel his brother.

Cain talked with Abel in such a way that he did not show his wrath, but conducted himself as a kind brother. He addressed him as though he was satisfied with the judgment of God pronounced upon him. Luther Cain began the first religious war (Waltke) or committed fratricide. Notice that the word brother occurs seven times in ten verses.

Cains Punishment
(worse than death)

Genesis 4:9-15
To To To To

fail at farming become a nomadic vagrant lose fellowship with God be vulnerable to violent treatment

Mercy:

marked to discourage vengeance by later offspring until the Cities of Refuge could be established

Genesis 4:16-17; 5:4

Cain dwelt east of Eden (Heb. delight) in the land of Nod (Heb. wandering).
Cain married a sister-this was unavoidable and genetic danger was not yet existent in the human race.

Enoch(s)

Bad Enoch = Genesis 4:17-26 Good Enoch = Genesis 5:1-32; 1 Chronicles 1:3; Luke 3:37; Hebrews 11:5; Jude 14

Interesting Quote
Genesis 5 carries on the insistent refrain and rhythm of death, conspicuously broken by Enoch, the standing pledge of death's defeat. The expression he died occurs six times before the interruption of the death march by Enoch.

Genesis 5:1-2
The Hebrew of Adam is used in two strikingly different ways in these two verses.

As a collective: mankind (Ger. Mensch)

LXX

anthropon Adam

As a proper name
LXX

Good Enoch, cont.

Enoch is a precursor.

(Web.: one that indicates the approach of another - See Elijah in 2 Ki. 2:11; rapture/1 Thess. 4:16-17.)

Gen. 5.21-24 contains a brief and yet blessed biographical summary of Enoch's life. The name Enoch means "dedicated."

Good Enoch, cont.

Enoch was a contemporary of Adam for 308 years.

Enoch also appears midway between Adam and the Lord Jesus Christ. He had brothers and sisters (Gen. 5:19). The birth of Enochs son Methuselah coincided with the initiation of his spiritual course for the next three hundred years!

Good Enoch, cont.

I. Enoch walked with God (only said of Enoch and Noah / Gen. 6:9).

Gesenius: metaphorical usage speaking of following a manner of life

1. Amos 3:3 "Can two walk together except they be agreed? (K.J.V.) 2. Leviticus 26.3 12

"If we walk with God, then God will walk with us. RRK

Good Enoch, cont.

II. Enoch was not (Heb. perfect of a sudden disappearance [from the world's viewpoint]).
Josephus:

"withdrew to Divinity

III. Enoch was sought [by rescue squads], but "he was not found" (Heb. 11:5).
Imperfect

passive of a continuous searching after

The Good News Bible or Todays English Version

nobody could find him

Good Enoch, cont.

IV. Enoch was taken up by God (passive
aorist indicative of transported or transferred).

1. He was pleasing to God (Heb. 11:5).

Gk perfect of giving pleasure, contentment, satisfaction, acceptability Jude 14-15; of the second advent (assuming there is a first advent)

2. He was quite a preacher.

Enochs sermon outline:

The Lords coming is sure. The Lords coming will include angels. The Lords coming has the purpose of executing judgment.

Some Final Thoughts about the Man

Enoch had a pre-fatherhood life. Enoch lived in a very evil age. Enoch bore a witness for God. Enoch finished his work early. Enoch was greatly missed. Enochs departure was a testimony.

Good Enoch, cont.

Some conclusions for application could include the fact that:

A. His simple faith created a personal relationship with God. B. His entire surrender led to an unbroken fellowship with God and continual progress in spiritual maturity.

Symmetrical Structure in Genesis 5 and 11

It is curious that Genesis 5 and 11 are perfectly symmetrical in structure. In
Genesis 5 we have Adam to Noah, ten

generations, and the tenth with three

children. In Genesis 11 we have Shem to

Abram, ten generations, and the tenth

generation with three children.

Pronunciation Helps
Something else to consider:

Your quick guide to pronouncing Bible names

By W. Murray Severance
(book and interactive CD ROM ISBN: 1-55819-695-1)

Some Strong Opinions

That ancient figment, concerning the intercourse of angels with women, is abundantly refuted by its own absurdity;

John Calvin So Martin Luther

Identity of the Sons of God

(Genesis 6:1-7)

Godly line of Seth/ungodly line of Cain Fallen angels/mortals (Philo On The Giants II (6)) Dynastic rulers/polygamists Royal heroes of old/right of the first night (Gilgamesh Epic Ps. 4:32-34)

(Genesis 6:1-7, cont.)

Sons of God

Nephilim (LXX giants) already on the earth at the same time; the ancient equivalent of knights errant Unequal yoke (2 Cor. 6:14) New species? Vocabulary: men, daughters, sons, wives, man, flesh, children Number of angels constant (Mk. 12:25) Sons of God usage in other Scripture such as Luke 20:34-36 and Romans 8:14

The Final Word from J. Vernon McGee

I recognize, and I want to insist upon it, that many fine expositors take the opposite view [from me], that the sons of God are actually angels. If you accept that view, you will be in good company, but I am sure that most of you want to be right and will want to go along with me

Meat: to eat or not to eat?

Genesis 7:2 (pre-Mosaic Law) Exodus to Deuteronomy (Mosaic Law) Related to pagan cults Dietary concerns (Deuteronomy 14:2ff) Matter of discipline (Leviticus 11:46-47) Matthew 15:10-20; Mark 7:1-23 (post-Mosaic Law) Acts 10:9-16; 11:1-18 (age of grace) Romans 14:1-3, 13-23; 15:1-7; 1 Corinthians 8:4-13; 9:1-4 (liberty) Galatians 2:11-18 (no works salvation allowed) Colossians 2:16-17 (apostolic authority) 1 Timothy 4:1-5 (the Last Days) See The Laws of Kashrus by Rabbi Binbyomin Forst ISBN 1-89906-103-6 .

For your library:

Comparison of the Genesis and the Atrahasis Flood Accounts

Purpose of the flood

Genesis: to destroy reprobate mankind Atrahasis Flood Story: to quiet noisy mankind who were disturbing the gods rest (Sumerian version)

Gilgamesh

Flood Story gives no clear reason for the deluge (Babylonian version).

Extent of the Flood

The language of the Biblical account repeatedly expresses totality. It took one hundred and fifty days for the water to recede, thus expressing universality. The size of the ark argues for something more than a local flood. See the next slide. A world-wide flood was necessary to wipe out all of humanity. There are global-wide traditions of a universal flood. Geology supports a planet-wide flood. The promise of no future earth-wide floods would be false if the flood had only been a local flood (Gen. 9:11; ct. 2 Pet. 3:10-13) Ararat Mountain is high, 16,845 feet (today), and required something well beyond a local flood. The complete flood experience is recorded as taking three hundred and seventy-seven days!

Size of the Ark of Noah

450 feet long (135 m.), 75 feet wide (22 m.), 45 feet high (13 m.) Total volume of 1,519,000 cubit feet Capacity of approximately 14,000 gross tons

the size of the English Queen Mary

170 boxcars would have held all the creatures to be carried on the vessel.

The ship had an actual capacity for 569 boxcars!

Noahs Ark Model

(1-2009)

Johan Hubers in Schagen, Netherlands has built a working replica of Noah's Ark to the exact scale given in the Bible. Dutch creationist Hubers built it as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible. Life-size models of giraffes, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras, bison, and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold. Hubers, a Christian, hopes the project will renew interest in Christianity in the Netherlands , where church-going has fallen dramatically in the past fifty years.

One For Your Library and the Other for Your Viewing

(evidence of a global flood as recorded in the Book of Genesis)

Suitable for all audiences (35 min.) 1-800-332-2261 www.eden.org

The World That Perished

This Video Might Be Interesting

The Incredible Discovery of Noahs Ark

Narrated by Darren McGaven Based on Sellers book Seventy-two minutes Especially valuable minutes include 47-51 (some material debunked) Obtainable from: Columbia House Video Library 1400 North Fruit Ridge Avenue Terra Haute, Indiana 46811

Where and why went the dinosaurs?

Dinosaurs existed before the flood.

The smaller dinosaur, totaling less then fifty species, boarded the ark of Noah. The rest of the dinosaurs perished in the flood. Surviving dinosaurs leaving the ark had little vegetation to eat. The results of a collapsed water canopy included a reduced atmospheric pressure and a significantly cooler temperature that in turn created an Ice Age for the dinosaurs to contend with. Predators kept the dinosaur population small.

What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?

By John Morris and Ken Ham

Master Books

Post Office Box 26060 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80936 1-800-999-3777 Copyright 1990 ISBN 0-89051-159-4

Eugene H. Merrill suggests that Noah was a second Adam.

Genesis 9:3, 5-6, 9, 18-19

Meat eating permissible Capital punishment acceptable Covenant initiated (345 occs.) Shem, Ham (Canaan; Gen. 10:15-20), Japheth exhorted

Genesis 9:20-27
1. Rabbis: Ham castrated Noah 2. Homosexual attack

Heb. reflexive form, not causative, for "uncovered makes it clear Noah did the uncovering

3. Deuteronomy 22:30 = Ham slept with his mother and Canaan was the product

Figure of speech; an idiom represented euphemistically Compare Leviticus 18:6-8; 20:11; Ruth 3:9; Jubilees 33:8-9, And Jacob was very angry with Reuben because he had lain with Bilhah, for he had uncovered his fathers robe.

The First Recorded Words of Noah

(Genesis 9:25-27)

The original language for cursed, as well as blessed, is in the Hebrew jussive, passive, participle, i.e., he wished a continuous blessing would come upon two of his sons, and he wished a continuous curse would come upon one of his grandsons. The hubris of Ham against his father will be worked out in his descendants, and the modesty of Shem and Japheth in theirs. Bruce Waltke

For your library:

Kaiser, Davids, Bruce, Brauch, eds.
Intervarsity Press Downers Grove, Ill. 1996 ISBN 0-8308-1423-X

Interesting reading:

Chapter 2 HISTORY IN CAMEO The Curse on Ham's Son

Genesis 10:6-12

Nimrod was Noahs great-grandson. Nimrod was a mighty one on the earth and a mighty hunter before (Heb. idiom in the face of) the Lord. Nimrod was the instigator of Babel (Gen. 11:1-9).

Then and Now

Nimrud (Arabic), capital of the mighty Assyrian Empire By Perring and Perring Pages 22-27

Genesis 10:14

Who are the Philistines?

Egyptians who migrated to Crete and then to Southwest Canaan (Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7).

Genesis 10:21-25

The Shemites are the last in this table because they are the most crucial, the line from which Abraham will emerge. Thus, their placement is for climatic effect. Also, within the line of Shemites, Eber seems to be significant, for he is three generations removed from Shem, and yet his name appears in the introductory formula. So, it is not just Shemites that are pivotal, but the Eberites in particular.
Victor P. Hamilton

Genesis 10:32

(Flemish Painter Pieter Brugel the Elder, 1563)

The Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel

Genesis 11:9, The Gate of God Ryrie suggests a linkage to a play on words with a Hebrew verb meaning to confuse, though the Babylonians preferred to use the meaning that was more acceptable to them: gate of God.

Genesis 11:7

Us go down The Hebrew is one word made up of four consonants (inward source) and three vowels (outward projection). Qal verb stem to distinguish from other radix Imperfect tense of future continuation First person Plural, not dual, number Common/neutral gender Cohortative mood of the emphatic Locative case of a performance utterance giving direction

Name Changes
Abram (exalted father Gen. 11:26) to Abraham (father of a multitude Gen. 17:5) Sarai (contentious Gen. 11:29) to Sarah (princess Gen. 17:15-16)

Only woman in the Bible with a name change Only woman in the Bible with her age at death published, one hundred and twenty-seven years (Gen. 23:1-2)

Origin of Abraham

Born in the ninth generation from Noahs son Shem, fathered by Terah the idolater Birthed in Ur of the Chaldees located in southern Mesopotamia along the Euphrates River Progenitor of the Hebrews and several cognate tribes Father of Isaac Father of Ishmael (an Arabic Peninsula tribe) Grandfather of Jacob Great grandfather of Judah (father of the Jews)

The Ur-Archaeologist
In Biblical Archeology Review of March/April 1997 Luby traces the efforts of Sir Leonard Wolley and his discoveries at Ur of the Chaldees (Gen. 11:28) that revealed a highly developed, urbanized, and sophisticated area including an Ziggurat (2000-1739 B.C.).

So, we have:

Abraham-no simple nomad, this Abraham, but son of a great city of the second millennium B.C.
Werner

Keller

Abrahams Two Calls

First Call = Genesis 11:27-32 (Ur of the Chaldees to Haran/612 mi.); Acts 7:2-4 (cp. Gen. 11:28 with 11:32)

Second Call = Genesis 12:1-5 (Haran to Hebron in Canaan/520 mi.)

Hebrews 11:8-10 (the positive summary)

Abrahams Long Journey